12 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2016
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Preus said that BMCC
has increased its public
relations effort by 100%,
including mailers to Coun-
ty residents, and a current
budget of $7,000 a year,
earmarked for print and ra-
dio purposes. In speaking
about a new facility, Preus
said that BMCC is discuss-
ing the possibility with a
property owner, but the
property has a brownfi eld
issue (potential contamina-
tion, because of a previous
industrial or commercial
purpose), which is current-
ly almost in phase two of
the study. She said BMCC
is trying to fi nd a facility to
fi ll BMCC’s needs.
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sidy discussed the issues
with the Board, and Bryan
said that he and Cassidy
are also members of the
BTI Board. Harvey asked
about BTI, and Bryan
said BTI was formed as a
response to the need for
Baker County to have a
higher educational institu-
tion. Bryan said that,
from a School District
standpoint, community
vitality is important, and
workforce training became
a focus (he noted that there
was a lack of communica-
tion in the past, between
Economic Development,
and the School District).
Bryan said in the last
two to three years, there
was a series of events, and
that whatever competi-
tion there appears to be
between BMCC and BTI,
is incidental. He said the
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Eagle and BTI have been
more successful. DeCastro
said that she would like to
see more programs imple-
mented, which are offered
by BTI. Corley (whose
comments don’t necessar-
ily represent Pine Eagle,
he stated) said that Baker
County and the 5J School
District work well together,
and there are tremendous
opportunities possible, but
he said that BMCC has
not served the Pine Eagle
District during his tenure
there, in some cases, work-
ing against them. Both
DeCastro and Corley said
that the relationship with
TVCC was more success-
ful and fl exible, and Corley
said he would like to see
Pine Eagle move out of the
BMCC District.
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goal of BTI is to provide
innovation, in terms of
post-secondary educational
options, and career and
technical options. Cassidy
and Dalton added empha-
sis on skills training early
for students, soft skills, and
a job experience pilot pro-
gram Dalton mentioned,
in partnership with the
Department of Human Ser-
vices (DHS). Bryan said
neither the School District,
nor BTI are necessarily
attempting to replicate
any BMCC programs, and
there is no effort being
made to displace BMCC.
DeCastro and Corley
spoke about the is-
sues between the Pine
Eagle School District and
BMCC, but DeCastro said
that efforts between Pine
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