The project is part of the state’s Career Technical Construction Program. It will benefit several of UVCC’s programs, including the Medical Careers Academy, First Responders Academy, sports medicine program, construction technologies, electrical trades, robotics & automation, building maintenance, and manufacturing & machining technologies.
“Upper Valley Career Center continues to have a strong presence in our community with work-based learning. Our focus remains on meeting, educational and local workforce needs for our region,” Haak said. ” The Career Center expansion project will help us address student interest in programs , while meeting local workforce needs.”
Among the speakers at the groundbreaking was Lt. Gov. Jon Husted.
“The skills you are developing and learning are the skills employers in your area need,” he said. “They are in demand; in manufacturing, electrical, in construction, robotics and automation, in health sciences and certainly first responders.”
The UVCC expansion follows a $150 million expansion at the Miami Valley Career Technology Center in northwest Montgomery County, and the construction of a brand new Greene County Career Center.
The estimated completion for the Upper Valley construction project is October 2025, in time for the career center’s 50th anniversary.
The Upper Valley Career Center opened its doors in 1975 to students from Miami and Shelby counties as the Upper Valley Joint Vocational School. The JVS offered adults and high school students new opportunities through career and technical education.
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