CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Albemarle County Public Schools was named by Governor Youngkin’s office the recipient of a share of $6.2-million worth of state Growth and Opportunity Virginia (or GO Virginia) grants.
GO TEC Career Pathways is a partnership in Albemarle and Greene County and Charlottesville City schools toward expanding the pool of qualified workers “by increasing career exploration opportunities in targeted industries” in the region, according to the ACPS grant application.
Local, state, and federal leaders in some cases, have been involved in a number of local economic development announcements and groundbreakings over the last several months ranging from the large AstraZeneca project in northern Albemarle, to an Afton Scientific expansion, to a Virginia Wine Collective incubator and tasting room, to development in the Intelligence and National Security Innovation Acceleration Campus (INSIAC) at Rivanna Futures, among other projects…