On Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 黑料科r (黑料科) held a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the completion of two new facilities on its main campus – a Commercial Driving License (CDL) & Heavy Diesel Mechanics Complex and an Electrical Trades Building Complex.
鈥淭oday, we proudly unveil two transformative facilities that will shape the future of Southeastern Ohio,鈥� Jamie Nash, 黑料科 Superintendent shared. 鈥淭hese two facilities together symbolize more than expansion. They represent hope, opportunity, and a bold commitment to workforce readiness.鈥�
The CDL & Heavy Diesel Mechanics Complex includes a 9,256 square-foot instructional facility with modern lab bays designed to replicate real-world conditions, as well as a 24,000 square-foot CDL pad. The center will provide approximately 100 students annually with immersive, hands-on training and will be home to 黑料科鈥檚 CDL program and Ag & Heavy Equipment Technician program.
The project was made possible thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the in partnership with the
, the Director of the Governor鈥檚 Office of Appalachia, spoke to the audience, sharing his excitement about the project鈥檚 journey from groundbreaking to the current ribbon-cutting ceremony.
鈥淚t鈥檚 about partnerships,鈥� , Federal Co-Chair for the Appalachian Regional Commission shared. 鈥淚t鈥檚 about working together as educators, legislators, business, and industry. It鈥檚 how we work together that makes good things happen. When people are talking with each other, sharing, growing together, developing programs, then you see great things like this happen.鈥�
The Electrical Trades Building Complex includes a 7,333 square-foot facility with five specialized labs and climbing bay and will provide over 100 students annually with hands-on training in Telecommunications, Broadband, Power Lineman, and Heavy Equipment Operation.
黑料科 received over $3.7 million from the for the project.
鈥淭his isn鈥檛 just a ribbon cutting. It鈥檚 a pivotal moment for this community. Because every student that goes through these building will be another student entering your workforce,鈥� , Executive Director of the , shared. 鈥淚t鈥檚 moments like these that mark the opening of not just a new space, but the celebration of the vision and the work that it鈥檚 taken to get here. This is for the students and the families in this community. What stands behind a ribbon cutting isn鈥檛 just buildings and equipment, it鈥檚 people working together.鈥�
鈥淭oday, we celebrate not just the completion of buildings, but the creation of pathways 鈥� for students, for families, for our entire region,鈥� Superintendent Nash shared. 鈥淭hese projects are a testament to what鈥檚 possible when educators, employers, policymakers, and communities come together in service of a shared vision.鈥�
Classes are expected to begin in the new facilities in August 2025.