DeAnn Brunner

DeAnn Brunner

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC)Board has pledged $100,000 over four years for a proposed manufacturing training center for southeast North Dakota.

On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, the JSDC’s Business Development Coordinator, DeAnn Brunner said the project recruits high school students for careers in manufacturing and provides educational opportunities designed to help them fit into regional industries.

The project is a partnership of the North Dakota State College of Science, area businesses and economic development groups.

Ms. Brunner pointed out that plans include hiring a business developer and one or two recruiters. The students could be educated at the NDSCS campus at Wahpeton or in specialized training hosted by industries in other communities.

The JSDC pledge matches a pledge by the Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corp. The project has a goal of $500,000 and will continue to solicit pledges from economic development groups and businesses within the region.

Once the goal is reached, the program will request additional funding from the North Dakota Legislature for a three- or four-year period after which the program should be self-sufficient.

In other business, the board has approved the sale of a lot in the I-94 Business Park to Charles Rickets, who plans to construct a building to rent as shop space for various contractors and businesses.

The approval will be taken to the Jamestown City Council and the Stutsman County Commission, for action.

The board also passed a $15,000 budget for the ACT Program. The ACT Program will provide training and testing for workers in the area.

She noted that Buffalo City Diesel in Jamestown is working on its expansion project.

She added JSDC will hold the Meeting on Wednesday April 30, 2014, at the Quality Inn & Suites in Jamestown, with the social at 6-p.m., and the dinner and meeting at 7-p.m.

The Guest Speaker will be Greg Allen of Cavendish Farms in Jamestown.

The wishing to attend should RSVP the JSDC by April 14, 2014, by calling beth at 252-6861, or E-Mail   beth@growingjamestown.com