October I, 2014
Minority & Small Business Week
Trades Center Partners with Industry
Portland
Community
College opens
Swan Island site
Business leaders and Portland
Community College officials are
celebrating this fall’s opening of a
new Swan Island Trades Center at
6400N. Cutter Circle.
In front of hundreds of inter­
ested onlookers, PCC President Jer­
emy Brown, PCC Board Chair
Deanna Palm, PCC Cascade Cam­
pus President Karin Edwards and
Swan Island Business Association
Executive Director Sara Angell offi­
cially cut the ribbon in a grand open­
ing celebration on Sept. 17 to open
the site for classes.
"We have to establish a pipeline
to ensure that when the jobs are
there we have the people to fill those
jobs with the skills that are needed,"
Brown said. "Our economic strength
and vitality depends on an edu­
cated and developed pool of di­
verse and skilled workers who are
connected to, and engaged with,
our community. PCC is providing
the skills and the job training for
more than 20 different occupations
in the trades. This is significant; this
is exciting; and this is our future."
This project is part of the college's
A welcoming ceremony opens the new Portland Community College Swan Island Trades Center at 6400 N. Cutter Circle.
2008 voter-approved $374 million
capital construction bond with $3.6
million going toward the develop­
ment of the Swan Island Trades
Center, plus $1 million earmarked
from the state of Oregon.
The ribbon cutting, open house
and luncheon was organized in part­
nership with the Swan Island Busi-
ness Association.
The primary focus of the new
educational facility is PCC’s Trades
& Industry Department, which was
moved from the nearby Cascade
Campus in north Portland over the
summer. With a growing enrollment
o f700 students, the department now
has expanded space, integrated
classrooms and upgraded technol­
ogy to enhance training.
The department includes Facili­
ties Maintenance/HVAC-R, Fiber
Optics, Pre-A pprenticeship and
Electrical Trades programs. These
offerings add to the training ser­
vices provided by the college
through its welding lab at Vigor
Industrial, also located on Swan
Island.
"PCC has been a great partner
and has demonstrated its commit­
ment to working with industry to
maximize the value of its educational
offerings," said Alan Sprott, vice
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