Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College Friday received a $1.5 million Economic Development Administration workforce development grant toward the construction of a Transportation Training Facility.

The approximate 25,000-square-foot workforce training facility is expected to result in 544 spin-off jobs including an $420 million in private investment.

The job and investment estimates are based on the college’s inquiry from about 15 small to large businesses and industries about hiring possibilities over the next three years.

The facility is projected to house the college’s current and any future transportation programs as well as possibly the college’s automotive programs all under one roof.

The facility would be built in the lower rear part of the OCtech campus off of Cook Road.

The facility is tentatively projected for operation by the first quarter of 2009.

Information from: www.thetandd.com

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