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TRAINING CENTERS
NEW TRAINING CENTERS IN NORTHEAST
Syracuse, NY
On October 11th, NRCC representatives, Local 277 sta , community organizations and elected/appointed o cials from the City of Syracuse and surrounding areas gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new NRCC Carpenters Training Center in Syracuse, NY. During the groundbreaking ceremony, the following individuals/o cials spoke of the importance of training highly skilled workers in the Syracuse area:
• David Haines, Assistant Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters
• Earl Hall, Executive Director, Construction Employers Association of CNY
• New York State Senator David Valesky
• New York State Assembly Member Pamela Hunter
• New York State Assembly Member William Magnarelli
Other attendees at the event included: Auburn Mayor Michael Quill; Oswego Mayor Billy Barlow; Town of Salina Supervisor Mark Nicotra; Onondaga County Facilities Commissioner Archie Wixson; and CenterState Corporation for Economic Development President & CEO Rob Simpson.
When it’s completed in Summer 2018, the new 17,000 square foot, two-story facility, located at 6920 Princeton Court, will feature three state-of-the art classrooms equipped with the latest technologies, A/V equipment and skilled instructors. It will have 12,000 square feet of workshop area training space
to give apprentice and journey-level carpenters hands-on training in sca olding, welding and other carpentry specialties. In addition, 5,000 square feet of space will house Local 277, Council and research department sta .
Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters’ Local 277 currently has more than 2,600 members, with approximately 10 percent of them being apprentices that will bene t from this new facility.
“This training center – that we envisioned in partnership with the Construction Employers Association of Central New York – will help us to t the needs of our members and contractors ensuring that area carpenters are building Central New York for the next generation,” said Haines. “The Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters Training Fund is investing $5 million for the construction of this new facility, so that we can continue to provide highly skilled and quality carpenters to our signatory contractors in Northern and Central New York.”
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