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A shopper enters a retail store as a hiring sign shows in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Thursday, June 24, 2021. America’s employers added 850,000 jobs in June, well above the average of the previous three months and a sign that companies may be having an easier time finding enough workers to fill open jobs.
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State Rep. Abby Major, R-Ford City, hosted the state House Majority Policy Committee to showcase local businesses and the issues they face.
Major’s district includes part of Armstrong, Butler and Indiana counties. Local business leaders testified about business conditions for economic recovery and job growth before the committee Thursday at the Inn at Lenape Heights in Ford City.
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The site of the former Ford City High School at Fourth Avenue and 16th Street in Ford City will become the home of a new Butler County Community College site in 2022.
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Butler County Community College’s announcement of $2.2 million from public and private sources for a new site in Ford City increases its sites to five Western Pennsylvania counties.
The college’s new location in Ford City, known as “BC3 @ Armstrong,” will cost $4.5 million to construct.
School officials say it will provide much needed economic opportunity and will help fill specialty and technical jobs in Armstrong County.