On Wednesday, there was a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the new project. Within the next five years Richard Bradley, who’s the president of Metro Booming, said he expects to have 28 hundred people trained through this academy.
”Jackson is on the come up, Jackson is the move, and the thing about it is we want to make sure that the narrative that we put out there, people understand that Jackson is the place to be,” Bradley expressed.
When it comes to the Metro Booming Training Academy, it offers things such as ASE auto and diesel, forklift, culinary, and NCCER Construction training.
“We focus on short-term training to be able to put people in job careers really really quick, so our longest training right now will be eight weeks, that’s our ASE lube tech certification, but you can actually finish your ASE certification here,” Bradley explained. “Your forklift training takes between three to five days, so those are things that can make an immediate impact in the community.”
Bradley said he wants this project to improve economic and workforce development in Jackson.