ATLANTA (July 8, 2020) | Sen. Brian Strickland (R – McDonough) announced $6.7 million in bond financing in the 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for the site acquisition, design and construction of the Center for Education and Entrepreneurship at Southern Crescent Technical College in McDonough. The facility will be located near the entrance of the current Southern Crescent Campus in McDonough where an abandoned strip mall is located at Lakemont Drive and Highway 81.
“I am excited to see the state continue to invest in higher education in Henry County,” said Sen. Strickland. “This new facility will provide more opportunities for students coming out of our high schools and adults returning to the workforce to obtain a quality education here in McDonough and as a place to train employees for businesses that want to locate to Henry County. Moreover, this investment in this location will replace an abandoned strip mall with a state of the art facility that will serve as the corridor for the current campus for Southern Crescent and the Academy for Advanced Studies.”
“The start of a Southern Crescent Technical College Campus in Henry County is one of the reasons I ran for and won a seat in the Georgia House; as I retire from the House, I am proud to see the funding for the third building,” said Rep. Andy Welch (R – McDonough).
The FY2021 budget was signed by Gov. Brian Kemp on June 30, 2020. The final version of the budget can be found here: http://www.house.ga.gov/budget/Documents/2021_FiscalYear/FY_2021_Bill_Conference_Committee.pdf
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For Immediate Release:
Jul. 8, 2020
Andrew Allison, Acting Director
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