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IDB approves two $50,000 donations from tech workforce fund to support local training programs
Summary
The Industrial Development Board approved two separate $50,000 donations from a restricted technology workforce fund to support an enterprise center digital equity program and CoLab’s skills accelerator (Generator partnership); both resolutions passed by voice vote.
The City of Chattanooga Industrial Development Board approved two resolutions to donate a total of $100,000 from the city‑appropriated technology workforce fund to local technology workforce training programs.
The board voted to donate $50,000 to support the Enterprise Center’s Tech Goes Home partnership with the City on the Hill “City on the Hill” program, which will fund an entry‑level, modular training program for at‑risk youth ages 16 to 21. Sherita Allen, senior advisor for economic and workforce development for the City of Chattanooga, said the technology workforce fund had a balance of $285,000 before the first item; approval of the first donation reduced the fund balance to…
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