NEWS
Green
Jobs Academy gets boost
Bucks County Courier Times
October 28, 2009
PHILADELPHIA, PA — A plan to create a green
jobs training site in Bucks County got a boost of
energy Monday
morning.
Along with area business leaders, educators and local
politicians, Congressman Patrick Murphy, D-8, announced
that almost $800,000 in federal funds will help establish
the Green Jobs Academy at the Bridge Business Center
in Bristol Township.
“The Green Jobs Academy will be critical in fostering
economic growth in Bucks by training workers in the
clean, green energy jobs of the future,” Murphy said.
“This model will prepare students to enter a new,
hightech work force and will remove a major hurdle
to the development of renewable energy.”
Bucks County Community College, Bucks County Technical
High School, Drexel University, Delaware Valley College
and Veterans Green Jobs have all been partnering on
the program.
The money will be used for a program director, curriculum
and state-of-the-art equipment, said Murphy. The groups
are hoping to refurbish and utilize between 8,000
and 10,000 square feet of an 110,000-squarefoot building
for the school by spring 2010.
The school is just a part of Doylestown’s Keystone
Redevelopment Group LLC’s effort to rehab several
former Rohm & Haas research and development buildings
totaling 300,000 square feet to lease laboratory space
to companies in the life sciences fields. It also
plans to build and lease another 60,000 square feet
of space on the 35-acre property off Route 413 on
George Patterson Boulevard.
Tuition at the Green Jobs Academy could cost $75 per
course and up. Classes could include green aspects
of building, roofing, heating and air conditioning
and electric, said Barbara Miller, vice president
of BCCC’s continuing education, work force development
and public safety.
Dow, Lockheed Martin, AE Polysilicon, Gamesa, PECO
and Rhodia also will help with on-site training and
job placement, said Rob Loughery of the Bridge Business
Center.
“Nothing happens without excellent
partners … and a team of people committed to doing
something well,” said James Linksz, BCCC president.
“I believe the return on investment will be great
for the community and the individuals we train.”
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