jobs that will need to be filled are in areas
that we don’t even have a name for today,
so being very nimble in identifying what
the workforce needs are and responding
to them has never been more important.
We are having discussions about the
California Mobility Center, with a focus on
advanced manufacturing, so that’s a great
example of how SMUD, Sacramento State,
UC Davis and we are having conversations
about what will those jobs of the future
look like. The California Mobility Center
will focus on things like autonomous ve-
hicles and electric forms of transportation
… so there will be new manufacturing pro-
cesses and a great role for Los Rios colleges
to be involved in advanced manufacturing
training. We had wonderful news from (Gov. Gavin
Newsom’s) budget that state bond funding
will be released — almost $100 million for
our four colleges. In the coming months,
that will help us start construction on
other major projects that have been in
development. That’s a good day when
you hear $100 million of needed capital
funds are coming our way. (The funds
are for) a new science building at Folsom
Lake College, an expansion of American
River College’s Natomas Center, and an
expansion of Cosumnes River College’s
Elk Grove Center. In addition, the funds
will support a new career technical ed-
ucation building at American River Col-
lege. (These are) wonderful projects for
our students and the Capital Region. n
I see the construction work going on
at Sacramento City College. Are there
any other big construction projects or
facility upgrades planned at any of the
campuses? Sena Christian is managing editor of
Comstock’s. On Twitter @SenaCChristian
or senachristian.com.
Los Rios’ Recent
Announcement:
• Sutter Health, Safe Credit Union, Wells
Fargo and VSP Global will contribute
a total of $752,500 to the Los Rios
Promise Program, resulting in 1,234
scholarships to help cover the costs of
textbooks and living expenses for low-
income students.
• These funds “build on the state’s
newly announced two-year California
College Promise Program, which
guarantees free tuition for all first-
time, full-time California community
college students,” according to a
press release from Los Rios’ Office of
Communications.
The Railyards and its shops were once the largest industrial site west of the
Mississippi and a center of innovation in the Railroad industry. It is with this
history that the Railyards draws its vision for The Foundry as a future center
for innovation in the Sacramento region.
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