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