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Opportunity Hub team outlines workforce training, $3.7M near‑term construction and plans to repurpose AK Smith building
Summary
Project leaders told the redevelopment commission that the Alanson Opportunity Hub will launch a summer 'fast track' boot camp and begin construction later this month on initial spaces with roughly $3.7 million in near‑term investment; the hub aims to link training, employer partnerships and reuse of the AK Smith campus.
Leadership for the Alanson Opportunity Hub presented progress May 11 and thanked the commission for earlier redevelopment support that kept the project moving during a funding delay.
Lisa Dougherty (Northwest Indiana Works) and Shelley Moore (Insight Strategic Concepts) described the hub’s unified intake system, partner composition (WorkOne, Goodwill, United Way, Ivy Tech and others), and a "fast track to top jobs" boot camp: 16 classes (four hours per…
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