The Peak Innovation Center is scheduled to open in August. Author: Talk Business & Politics Updated: 12:53 PM CDT May 25, 2021
FORT SMITH, Ark. Fort Smith’s ABB, NEMA Motors Division, announced Monday (May 24) it will make a $1 million investment in the Peak Innovation Center, a regional career and technology center in Fort Smith.
Fort Smith Public Schools’ Peak Innovation Center, scheduled to open in August, will be a regional career and technology center with a focus on innovative instructional strategies within the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) disciplines.
Fort Smith voters in May 2018 approved a school millage increase, the first in 31 years, raising the millage rate in Fort Smith from 36.5 mills to 42 mills. The new rate was estimated to raise $120.822 million, $35 million of which will go toward district-wide safety improvements. The millage plan included a new $13.724 million career and technology center,
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The groundbreaking ceremony held Dec. 7 for the Peak Innovation Center in Fort Smith.(University of Arkansas at Fort Smith photo)
Arkansas Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) plans to open its multi-million-dollar Peak Innovation Center for the 2021-22 school year. On Dec. 7, the school system and its partner, the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS), co-hosted a groundbreaking for the facility. This is a really an exciting day and one in the making for a very long time. When I think of what this facility represents, I think about partnerships, said Doug Brubaker, FSPS superintendent, at the groundbreaking.