This EDA investment supports the central pennsylvania institute of science and technology with constructing the second-floor level of a new training facility, to provide training areas, classroom…

The Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration awarded a $4,409,825 project grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program to the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology on August 16, 2022. The funding will support construction of the second floor level of a new training facility, which will provide expanded training, classroom, laboratory, library, collaboration, and restroom spaces to increase the Institute's student capacity to 800. This expansion of the Institute's educational programming aims to train the region's workforce to meet unmet demands for skilled labor in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, supplying an additional 374 skilled workers annually. The new facility is intended to help the region address job losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic and decline in the coal industry by enhancing job creation and retention, advancing regional economic resiliency.

This EDA investment supports the central pennsylvania institute of science and technology with constructing the second-floor level of a new training facility, to provide training areas, classroom space, lab space, library and collaboration space, lobby area, restrooms facilities, locker bays, and a janitorial closet. The project will help the institute to expand their educational programming to train the region's workforce to meet the unmet demands for skilled workforce in bellefonte, pennsylvania. The new facility will increase capacity to 800 students, which will supply an additional 374 skilled workers annually. Once completed, the project will help the region address the significant and sudden loss of jobs caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the decline in the coal industry by enhancing job creation and retention in an area, which will advance economic resiliency throughout the region.