Center For Workforce Development Groundbreaking Ceremony – Rockingham County, NC – May 3, 2022

By ADMIN-RAS | Published May 18, 2022 | No Comments

(Wentworth, NC) – On Tuesday, May 3, 2022 State and Local Leaders and Officials gathered at Rockingham Community College for The Center For Workforce Development Groundbreaking Ceremony.

The project is funded by a quarter-cent sales tax that was passed by Rockingham county voters in 2018. The 42,398-square-foot facility is planned to house Machining, Industrial Systems, and Electrical Systems programs, as well as a Small Business Center, faculty offices, a corporate meeting space and more.

Construction on the project is expected to be completed in the fall of 2023.

The following is a list of the speakers:

• Dr. Mark O. Kinlaw, President, Rockingham Community College

• Scott Barham, Chair, Rockingham Community College Board of Trustees

• Thomas Stith, III, President, North Carolina Community College System

• Senator Phil Berger, North Carolina Senate District 30 and Senate President Pro Tempore

• Rep. Reece Pyrtle, North Carolina House District 65

• Kevin Berger, Chair, Rockingham County Board of Commissioners

• Lance Metzler, Manager, Rockingham County Government

• Don Powell, Co-Chair, Citizens for the One-Fourth cent Sales Tax to Benefit RCC

• Keith Duncan, Co-Chair, Citizens for the One-Fourth cent Sales Tax to Benefit RCC

• Bobby Wharton, President, Rockingham Community College Foundation

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