{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cochran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ContentRecord_id=F21C9ADE-5AF3-44E5-91E9-F63E9A1454A0", "THREE MISS. COMMUNITY COLLEGES WILL ANCHOR $10.5 MILLION WORKFORCE TRAINING PUSH", "2016-09-29", "2016", "2016-09", "Republican", "House", "MS", "Thad Cochran", "C000567", "www.cochran.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Three North Mississippi community colleges will serve as anchors for a $10.5 million initiative to produce a workforce ready to work in the state\u2019s growing automotive, aerospace and advanced manufacturing sector, according to U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC).Cochran today announced the award of three ARC grants for infrastructure and workforce training projects involving East Mississippi Community College (EMCC), Northwest Mississippi Community College (NMCC) and Itawamba Community College (ICC).\u00a0 The grants are funded through $16 million appropriated by Congress in FY2016 for ARC to support workforce training programs in southern and south-central Appalachia.\u201cThese education and training projects will increase opportunities for Mississippians to develop the skills to work in our state\u2019s expanding aerospace, automotive and manufacturing industries,\u201d said Cochran, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.\u00a0 \u201cI appreciate the confidence the Appalachian Regional Commission is placing in the potential of Mississippi\u2019s workforce to support more manufacturing jobs.\u201d\u201cSouthern Appalachia\u2019s manufacturing industry is growing.\u201d said Earl Gohl, Federal Co-Chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission.\u00a0 \u201cThese investments will help Mississippi\u2019s manufacturing workforce become skilled, ready, and globally competitive.\u201dIn total, ARC is providing $8.96 million for the three projects, which will be matched with $1.59 million in county, state and private resources.\u00a0 The overall goal of the grants is to provide the training and educational facilities necessary to train workers for technical manufacturing positions.EMCC is awarded $4.6 million to construct six additional high-bay classrooms as part of the school\u2019s workforce training facility or \u201cCommuniversity\u201d at the entrance to the Golden Triangle Regional Global Industrial Aerospace Park in Lowndes County.\u00a0 In addition to $6.1 million in earlier ARC funding, this $42 million, 135,000-square-foot \u201cCommuniversity\u201d has also received financial backing from the State of Mississippi, and Lowndes, Oktibbeha and Clay counties.The Marshall County Board of Supervisors is awarded a $3.16 million ARC grant to construct a 30,000-square-foot workforce training and reemployment center in Holly Springs in partnership with NMCC and the State of Mississippi.\u00a0 Including $790,860 in matching funds, $3.9 million will be available to build the facility. The center will feature five classrooms, a computer lab, and five high-bay educational spaces for electrical technology, advanced and automotive manufacturing training.ICC will have $2.0 million available through a $1.2 million ARC grant and an $800,000 matching contribution to renovate 21,200 square feet of space within its Belden Center for robotics and precision manufacturing technology programs.\u00a0 The ARC funding will allow ICC to install a tool and die training laboratory, as well as a robotics laboratory in the renovated Belden Center.\u00a0 The project will allow ICC to consolidate related training programs into one facility.\r\n###\r\nThe Appalachian Regional Commission (www.arc.gov) is an economic development agency of the federal government and 13 state governments focusing on 420 counties across the Appalachian Region.\u00a0 ARC\u2019s mission is to innovate, partner, and invest to build community capacity and strengthen economic growth in Appalachia to help the Region achieve socioeconomic parity with the nation.\u00a0 There are 24 Mississippi counties in the Region\u2019s footprint.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.cochran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ContentRecord_id=F21C9ADE-5AF3-44E5-91E9-F63E9A1454A0"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.250110100954771, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}