This grant will assist Surry Community College with the establishment of Centers for Learning, Education and Retraining (CLEAR) in the towns of Pilot Mountain and Elkin to help address increasing unemployment and local educational access. The convenience of permanent college-based programming in Pilot Mountain and Elkin is expected to assist local and regional economic development efforts, making each town more desirable for new or relocating business/industry, and provide needed workforce training for unemployed and under-employed Surry County citizens.
