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TSTC Adds to Their Growing Toolkit for Process Operations Training$61,350 was awarded to the Process Operations program at Texas State Technical College in Marshall.  The funding resulted from a matching grant program through the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) for High Demand Job Training Grants (HDJT).  Marshall Economic Development Corporation applied for the funds in 2022 with assistance from Workforce Solutions East Texas, the regional workforce board covering 14 counties, including Harrison.  The HDJT funds are being used to purchase cloud-based software that includes simulations for a gas-fired steam boiler and a cooling water tower with virtual reality, plus instructor training...

Marshall, Texas: Marshall ISD took advantage of a Career & Technical Education (CTE) Development Grant offered by Marshall Economic Development (MED) this past April to attend the SkillsUSA Texas State Leadership and Skills Conference in Corpus Christi, TX.  The grant paid for up to $10,000 in travel, fees, and other expenditures related to the conference for CTE Director Charlotte Leon; MED Business Retention, Expansion, and Workforce Development (BRE/WD) manager Robert Andrade; as well as 4 additional Marshall ISD educators Deitra Rogers, Dwain Knight, Rosiland Deckard, and Erica Wilson to attend.  The team was focused on learning more about how to...

First High Demand Job Training Grant Awarded to an HBCU in TexasThe first-ever Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) High Demand Job Training Grant (HDJT) awarded to a Historically Black College or University came one step closer to fruition with the payment of grant funds from Marshall Economic Development Corporation to Wiley University.    The total grant of $135,000 was approved for Wiley University’s Workforce Development Program in Marshall, Texas.  The goal of the project is to train and serve the educational needs of working individuals aged 25 or older toward earning a degree and obtaining skills in organizational management.  The grant...

Tuesday marked a milestone for Prysmian Group in Marshall as the company celebrated the groundbreaking of a $50 million expansion project in Harrison County. “That’s the biggest one we’ve seen in quite some time,” Rush Harris, executive director of Marshall Economic Development Corporation (MEDCO), said. Prysmian Group is one of the largest manufacturers of electric utility cable, powering the world. According to officials, Prysmian Group’s Harrison County plant, formerly known as General Cable, is its largest plant in North America and is where the bulk of the region’s renewable energy products are made...