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Monica Rodriguez, LA Valley College President Erika Endrijonas and Paul Krekorian laugh after Edrijonas disclosed she went to summer camp, years ago, with Mayor Garcetti. (Photo by John McCoy, LA Daily News/SCNG)

LA Valley College opens Workforce Strategy Center

  • September 18, 2017
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti takes photo on stairs of LA Valley College Administration Building (Photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

City leaders including Mayor Eric Garcetti, council members and Los Angeles Community College District officials formally opened the doors of the new City of Los Angeles Workforce Strategy Center at Los Angeles Valley College on Friday, saying the job training center will be a bridge to employment for people who need a leg up.

“This is the most important time to invest, right now,” Garcetti told the crowd gathered for a ribbon cutting at the center on the ground floor of LAVC’s new administration building, completed last year. Community colleges are paths to jobs for veterans, homeless, people who didn’t graduate from high school and others, he said.

LA Valley College is also a partner of the Countywide Strategic Plan, focused on the work of Goal 1: Invest In Our People.

Read the full article from Los Angeles Daily News.

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