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Speaker: Grants to two Newport firms helped retain about 300 jobs; Innovation Center showcases workforce training
Summary
An unidentified speaker said grants to two businesses damaged by Helene kept just over 300 jobs in Newport, Tennessee, and highlighted an Innovation Center program that brings sixth- through eighth-grade students through hands-on STEM and industry rotations to build a local workforce pipeline.
An unidentified speaker in Newport, Tennessee, announced that grants made earlier that day to two companies damaged by the storm Helene helped keep those businesses in the area and retained "about 300" jobs.
The speaker said the companies "could have left the state" after the storm but "they chose to stay," and that the grants supported reinvestment that preserved "just over 300 jobs right here in Newport." "It's a big deal," the speaker added, describing…
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