Augusta Mayor To Attend State of the Union Address Tonight
Augusta Mayor Garnett Johnson will attend the State of the Union address as President Joe Biden delivers it tonight at the White House.
Johnson will join First Lady Jill Biden in her viewing area, along with several other invited guests.
Johnson was invited because of the work Augusta-Richmond County is doing as a Biden-Harris Administration Workforce Hub City.
Augusta was designated as one of 5 Investing in America Workforce Hubs, where private and public investments are made to focus on training students in growing sectors, such as advanced manufacturing and construction skilled trades.
Mrs. Biden was in Augusta twice last year to meet with Johnson and highlight how the Augusta area is working together to expand pathways to careers, preparing the next generation for technical jobs in the region.
The Augusta Workforce Hub‘s three anchor institutions for the program include Augusta Technical College, Aiken Technical College, and the Richmond County School System.
Five Major Regional Employers Committed to Developing the Workforce:
- Solvay Specialty Polymers is investing $1 million to support local workforce development, including creating a mobile learning unit to expand training opportunities to job seekers across the CSRA.
- Aurubis multi-metal producing company is committed to supporting 200 good-quality jobs and signing a community benefit agreement with the Hub’s three anchor institutions to invest more than $200,000 in scholarship and job training programs for young workers. They will hire from the local workforce when possible, and have also launched the first U.S. chapter of Women4Metals initiative for women in the metals industry.
- Manus, a synthetic biology company, has committed to developing a robust local biomanufacturing workforce by partnering with Augusta Technical College and the Richmond County School System to create and expand programming for process engineering, operations, maintenance, and construction, including creating a dual enrollment program.
- Savannah River Site will double the size of its youth apprenticeship program in the next year, as well as expand its SRS Introduce a Girl to Engineering program by 25%.
- Kubota, equipment manufacturing firm, will use earn-and-learn opportunities including paid internships, and partnerships with technical schools, high schools, and universities on certificate, diploma, degree programs, and adult education across every area of its business.
- The Battelle Savannah River Alliance, which operates the Savannah River National Laboratory, is investing $125,000 to create K-12 Catalyst STEM Grants to advance programs and activities related to STEM education in CSRA schools.
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