CCC receives $750,000 grant from Lowe's 基金会

亚利桑那州的弗拉格斯塔夫. – Coconino 社区 College received a $750,000 grant from the Lowe’s 基金会 to help grow the college’s Construction 技术 Management programs.

CCC was one of 10 colleges nationwide chosen as recipients of the Lowe’s 基金会 Gable Grants program. The program is a five-year, $50 million commitment by Lowe’s to help prepare 50,000 people for skilled trades careers. This year’s recipients were awarded nearly $8 million in grants to help bolster skilled trades training infrastructure.

“We’re incredibly honored to have been selected as one the first-ever Gable Grants Recipients from the Lowe’s 基金会,CCC主席Dr. 埃里克·黑瑟. “This gift will allow us to build our already growing Construction Management program and allow us to add even more students to the high-demand, high-wage field within Flagstaff and Coconino County.”

有了补助金, CCC will expand its current skilled trades training programs in construction, 暖通空调, 水管及电器. CCC also has plans to remodel its current facility to create more lab space for students, 升级设备, 计算机和软件, and hire additional instructors.

The United States faces an acute skilled trades workforce crisis with 85 percent of contractors reporting trouble finding skilled workers nationwide, and the story is the same for Coconino County.

黑说, “Given the dire need for affordable housing in and around Flagstaff, the ability to add more skilled workers to the booming construction industry couldn’t have come at a better time. My sincere thanks to the Lowe’s 基金会 for choosing us as a partner to further this valuable program.”

According to information from Lowe’s, there are an estimated 546,000 new skilled tradespeople needed nationwide on top of the normal pace of hiring to meet demand in 2023 alone.

This is the first distribution of the Lowe’s 基金会 Gable Grants. All 10 recipients are community and technical colleges from across the country with innovative skilled trades training programs. Each school will receive a two-year grant to support infrastructure needs to grow existing or build new programs.

For more information about the grants, visit 洛斯.com/foundation. For more information about CCC’s Skilled Trades, visit fleet.eagle1027.com/paths/construction-trades.

About Coconino 社区 College

CCC has served residents across 18,000 square miles of Coconino County since 1991. The College has the goal of improving the lives of our residents through workforce development and higher education. 

CCC provides affordable tuition and offers certificate programs and two-year associate degrees in academic and career fields. CCC also has programs that ease student transition to any of the three state universities, including the award-winning CCC2NAU.

CCC reaches out to the more rural portions of the County and Tribal Lands. Instructional sites offer classes through online, in-person and Zoom video conferencing classes to meet the needs of students in rural and remote areas. More than 20 percent of CCC's students are Native American learners.

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