N.C. Research Campus leases building to community college for career center
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By Emily Ford, Salisbury Post
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — Rather than renovating the downtown Visitors Center and reopening it as a tribute to science, textiles and NASCAR, the N.C. Research Campus has leased the building to Rowan-Cabarrus Community College.
RCCC's R3 Career Center is moving into the building in the former Cannon Village and plans to open for business March 1.
"R3" stands for retrain, refocus and reemploy. The career development center, opened in response to devastating layoffs in Cabarrus and Rowan counties, helps unemployed and underemployed people prepare for new careers.
"We are very excited," director Keri Allman-Young said. "We think that this will be a wonderful move not only for our clients but for downtown Kannapolis."
Castle & Cooke North Carolina, developer for the Research Campus, closed the Visitors Center one year ago and planned to do extensive renovations to better showcase the center's collection of textile artifacts and NASCAR memorabilia, as well as the city's newest industry, biotechnology.
For more details, see the Salisbury Post report.
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