Lawrence county, Pa - Lawrence County received a $1 million grant from the state's Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program to fund a electrical appliance training center.
 
State Representative Chris Sainato announced the grant Wednesday.
 
Sainato says the grant will give area electrical apprentices an advantage of learning in a high-tech setting.
 

“The new facility is going to bring state-of-the art training to a new generation of electricians, who will benefit from digital media and other high-tech training tools,” Sainato s aid. “The center is going to help ensure that our workers enter the workforce armed with the most marketable skills."

The 20,000-square-foot electrical apprenticeship training center on a six-acre piece of land and will be powered through a solar array.

Sainato says the building classrooms will have the latest digital media and will have six laboratories.

The building can also be used as a office space and conference rooms.