The Rappahannock Community College Educational Foundation has been awarded $290,000 from Region 6’s Per Capita allocations to renovate and repurpose an existing maintenance warehouse structure on the community college’s Glenns campus to improve classroom space and expand dual enrollment opportunities for the college’s workforce training programs.
The new career training center will offer courses in diesel mechanics, welding and HVAC. The center will allow for day classes for dual enrollment students and evening classes for adult students.
Overall, the new facility will support training in a more central location while expanding dual enrollment opportunities to Gloucester, Middlesex, Essex and Lancaster schools.
The GO Virginia award is matched with $313,500 in local, federal and foundation funds. An additional $757,964 is being leveraged for the project. This brings the total project budget to $1,361,464.
GO Virginia is a state-led initiative focused on creating private sector jobs in ...