July 19, 2023
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Recipe, Movie & Sudoku. Pg. F-1 Submitted Images St. Charles Community College is growing with a new campus coming to western St. Charles County, near the David Hoekel I-70 Interchange. The first building on the 55-acre campus will be the 48,000 square-foot Regional Workforce Innovation Center. SCC officials say this will be the premier technical training and education center within the Greater St. Louis Region.
St. Charles Community College recently announced its plans to build a new campus near the David Hoekel I-70 Interchange By Brett Auten A geyser of opportunity and development will soon be flowing in western St. Charles County. St. Charles Community College recently announced its plans to build a new campus near the David Hoekel I-70 Interchange. The first building on the 55-acre campus will be the 48,000 square-foot Regional Workforce Innovation Center. College officials say it will be the premier technical training and education center within the Greater St. Louis Region. John Wiemann is the Vice President of Workforce and Strategic Initiatives at the school, which opened its doors in Cottleville in 1987. “Expanding to the western portion of the
county will not only help St. Charles, but Warren, Lincoln, Pike, Montgomery, and Callaway Counties,” Wiemann said. “That is one of the reasons why we named it ‘regional.’” The Innovation Center will be future-focused on modernization and meeting the needs of business and industry. The goal is
to foster and prepare the region’s workforce for jobs in technology, advanced manufacturing, robotics, sustainable energy, healthcare and more. “Right now, the demand from the business community is in advanced manufacturing and all of the skill trades,” Weimann said. “But we are also planning for down the road. There will also be 15,000 square feet dedicated for future technologies. We want to make sure we leave some space for what’s next.” Among the new programs SCC will introduce are: battery technology, electric and autonomous vehicles, renewable wind and solar energy, high-tech processes and robotics. Also, the college will have a Make-it Center See ‘EXPANSION’ page 2
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