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June 24, 2008


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Bids for New Career Center at $2.5 Million

HUNTINGDON (June 16) Construction bids was opened Wednesday for a new Department of Labor and Workforce Development Career Center on Mustang Drive, Huntingdon. The low bid of $2,549,525 was from Fisher Construction Company of Milan.

The new multi-purpose Career Center is approximately 22,000 square feet, and have office spaces, a computer lab, a call center, and classrooms. The 44-year-old existing Career Center on East Main Street will close once the new facility is open. Current department employees from the geographic area will have first option to transfer to the new facility, said Neeley. Besides the existing staff, additional persons will be hired for the new call center.

The Carroll County center is the second such design, following the Murfreesboro center, adjacent to the Tennessee Technology Center on Old Fort Parkway. The new center in Huntingdon will be adjacent to the Carroll County Vocational Center. Neeley said vo-tech students may use the facility for training and area industries may use the classroom facilities to train or re-train workers. Classrooms will be large enough to actually bring in machinery for such training.

The Career Center in Benton County recently closed and its operations were consolidated with offices in other counties.

Construction is expected to begin after July 1, which is in the state's new fiscal year.

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