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Career Tracks presents county training needs; BEDC donates surplus equipment

2793103 · January 27, 2025
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Smithville Workforce Training Center (Career Tracks) briefed the Bastrop Economic Development Corporation on local labor gaps, training programs and partnerships; the board approved donating surplus office equipment to Career Tracks.

The Bastrop Economic Development Corporation at its meeting heard a presentation from the Smithville Workforce Training Center, doing business as Career Tracks, on local workforce needs and training programs and then approved donating surplus BEDC equipment to the nonprofit.

The presentation, led by Janice Bruno, executive director of Career Tracks, and Alan Butler, Bastrop County coordinator, summarized local labor-market data and Career Tracks’ existing programs and partnerships. "We're not here really to ask you for any money," Bruno said, but she described program successes and gaps. Butler said Career Tracks serves Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette and Lee counties and works with employers to design training…

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