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etraining aim of grant T\\o industries specific targets of$400.000 grant from U.S. EDA munity College. them prospective, under a feder– al grant being sought by the Board of Supervisors, officials said. The board voted unanimous–

told supervisors that the EDA grant would allow ECCC to put a comprehensive' training pro– gram in place that would lift Neshoba County's supply of available manufacturing work– ers to globally competitive lev– els. Whitlock said one Philadel– phia manufacturer expects to hire 50 to 100 employees within

The training would be held at ECCC's Integrated Technolo– gies Training Center on the Choctaw Indian Reservation, the EC Productivity Enhancement Lab at the Career-Tech Center in Philadelpllla and at the Neshoba Business Enterprise Center.

By DEBBIE BURT MYERS Manag ng Editor Dislocated workers could be eligible for retraining geared toward two industries, one of

ly Monday to apply for a $400,000 grant through the U.S. Economic DevelopmentAuthor– ity to create a modern manufac– turing training program in part– oerslllp with East Central Com-

Roger Whitlock, dean of workforce training at ECCC, withE

six to eight months and grow to as many as 200 after the ftrst year. A second manufacturer is looking to locate in Philadelphia that could hire about 200 employees as well, Whitlock said. ''The window is open briefly for an opportunity for the col– lege and the county to partner in

doing somethmg that can be spe– ctal for the people of Neshoba County," Whitlock told supervi– sors. Neshoba County has a pool of about 4,500 dislocated work– ers in the wake manufacturing i job losses in recent years, he 1 said. Some of those workers have See GRANT, page 15A

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