The Warehouse Arts District Association is hosting a community event on Tuesday, June 10th to support the students, faculty, and staff impacted by the sudden closure of the Pinellas County Job Corps Center.
The Pinellas County center was one of 119 contractor-operated centers around the country that the U.S. Department of Labor announced in late May it was closing, citing low graduation rates, financial deficits, and “serious incident reports.”
Job Corps is a free, residential job training and education program for economically disadvantaged teens and young adults ages 16 to 24. The Pinellas County Job Corps Center in St. Petersburg is just north of the Warehouse Arts District on 22nd Street South…