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Cobb County announces second WorkSource Center to serve residents and small businesses
Summary
A staff member described a new Cobb WorkSource Center designed to provide workforce services, support retention, and nurture entrepreneurship in an area the speaker said has lacked reliable public transportation.
A staff member said the Cobb WorkSource Center will provide workforce resources and services to both individuals and businesses, including job training, supportive services to help people retain employment and programs to nurture entrepreneurship.
The center, the speaker said, is only the second of its kind in Cobb County and the first in more than 24 years in the area. “The Cobb WorkSource Center is meant to provide resources and services to not only individuals, but also to businesses in the community,” the staff member said. “We provide workforce innovation and act resources that support individuals in obtaining new jobs, skilling themselves, as well as supportive services to ensure that that they can not only obtain employment but also retain employment as well. But this center is also a little bit different because it's also going to nurture entrepreneurship. So those young entrepreneurs and those small businesses that need support, that'll be right here in this center.”
The speaker gave context for the new site by noting countywide access challenges: “This is only the second of its kind in Cobb County and only the second of its kind being opened in more than 24 years in this area. So this center has been truly important. This particular area has been somewhat neglected in many ways. If you think about it, Cobb County has almost 800,000 people and with no access to true public transportation, people have had difficulty getting to our WorkSource Center in Marietta. So this WorkSource Center will serve Cobb residents for years to come.”
The staff member described the center's mix of services as including workforce innovation programs, supportive services to help people retain employment, and entrepreneurship supports targeted at young entrepreneurs and small businesses. No funding sources, opening date, or formal actions were specified in the provided remarks.
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