The Peak Innovation Center is scheduled to open in August. Author: Talk Business & Politics Updated: 12:53 PM CDT May 25, 2021
FORT SMITH, Ark. Fort Smith’s ABB, NEMA Motors Division, announced Monday (May 24) it will make a $1 million investment in the Peak Innovation Center, a regional career and technology center in Fort Smith.
Fort Smith Public Schools’ Peak Innovation Center, scheduled to open in August, will be a regional career and technology center with a focus on innovative instructional strategies within the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) disciplines.
Fort Smith voters in May 2018 approved a school millage increase, the first in 31 years, raising the millage rate in Fort Smith from 36.5 mills to 42 mills. The new rate was estimated to raise $120.822 million, $35 million of which will go toward district-wide safety improvements. The millage plan included a new $13.724 million career and technology center,
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ArcBest invests $1 million in Fort Smith based career and technology center
Peak Innovation Center will focus on innovative instructional strategies within the science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics disciplines. Author: 5NEWS Web Staff Updated: 11:19 AM CDT May 8, 2021
ArcBest announced a $1 million investment in the Peak Innovation Center, a state-of-the-art regional career and technology center in Fort Smith.
Peak Innovation Center will focus on innovative instructional strategies within the science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) disciplines and will open in the fall of 2021 as part of the Fort Smith Public School District’s Vision 2023 Capital Improvement Program.
“We are excited to make this investment in tomorrow’s workforce and in our community,” said Judy R. McReynolds, ArcBest chairman, president and CEO. “We have a long history of giving back, and it’s a big part of our culture and wh
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ArcBest Corp. of Fort Smith has invested $1 million in the Peak Innovation Center in Fort Smith.
The career and technology center will open in the fall as part of the school district s Vision 2023 Capital Improvement Program. The center will be located in the former Hutcheson Shoes building at the intersection of Zero Street and Painter Lane in east Fort Smith; the community room of the center will be named after ArcBest. We are excited to make this investment in tomorrow s workforce and in our community, ArcBest CEO Judy McReynolds said. We have a long history of giving back, and it s a big part of our culture and who we are at ArcBest. I m very proud we are supporting the Peak Innovation Center and the career pathway opportunities it will provide students.