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Peak Innovation Center in Fort Smith will not open this August
School leaders say the project is coming in about $6 million over budget, but the money is still there to finish it. Author: 5NEWS Web Staff Updated: 3:10 PM CDT July 16, 2021
FORT SMITH, Ark. The Fort Smith Public Schools Peak Innovation Center will not open this school semester as originally planned.
The center is being built inside a donated facility on Zero Street near Barling. It s designed for career and college-bound students to gain real-world skills in healthcare, technology and manufacturing.
School leaders say the project is coming in about $6 million over budget, but the money is still there to finish it.
The motor company will help buy equipment for the center, a collaboration between the University of Arkansas and Fort Smith Public Schools to create career pathway programs in 22 districts, set to open in August.
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ArcBest Corp. of Fort Smith has invested $1 million in the Peak Innovation Center in Fort Smith.
The career and technology center will open in the fall as part of the school district s Vision 2023 Capital Improvement Program. The center will be located in the former Hutcheson Shoes building at the intersection of Zero Street and Painter Lane in east Fort Smith; the community room of the center will be named after ArcBest. We are excited to make this investment in tomorrow s workforce and in our community, ArcBest CEO Judy McReynolds said. We have a long history of giving back, and it s a big part of our culture and who we are at ArcBest. I m very proud we are supporting the Peak Innovation Center and the career pathway opportunities it will provide students.
ArcBest Announces Investment In Peak Innovation Center
Community room at career and tech center to be named for ArcBest
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FORT SMITH, Ark., May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ ArcBest® (Nasdaq: ARCB), a leader in supply chain logistics, is pleased to announce a $1 million investment in the Peak Innovation Center, a regional career and technology center in Fort Smith.
The state-of-the-art Peak Innovation Center, which will have a focus on innovative instructional strategies within the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics) disciplines, will open in fall 2021 as part of the Fort Smith Public School District s Vision 2023 Capital Improvement Program.