Chattanooga Education Initiative - education to compete in the global market

Dr Kay Andrews, Vice President of Education Initiative with the Chattanooga Chamber, spoke Thursday morning at the Enterprise Gateway Council Chamber meeting. She talked about the importance of education from kindergarten through the secondary grades to sustain the growth and development that Chattanooga has experienced over the last decades.  She described the job expectations of the coming Volkswagen plant. Competency in math and science, loyalty, problem solving, dedication, experience, mature.

Additionally along with the Volkswagen plant, new suppliers for the VW plant will bring employment opportunity to the many counties around the Chattanooga area. These employers will also demand competent and educated workers. She offered statistics from Greeneville, SC who several years ago experienced the changes brought by the BMW plant, showing the promise and the demands which we now face.

Here are the headlines from today's news paper.

Times Free Press Training will ensure VW quality to maximize the benefit to the Chattanooga area - otherwise the "company will import talent from outside." We need to remember there are a lot of newly unemployed, experience automotive workers who may be interested in moving down south.

Associated Press Children less likely to graduate , the "US is stagnating while other industrialized countries are surpassing us."

The City of Chattanooga impressed the Volkswagen representatives by its successful transformation of the city - downtown renovation,  the park system, the cultural offerings, the outdoor amenities, the push for environmental standards, the foresight to create the industrial park at Enterprise South.

Chattanooga has a proven track record of successful corporation between government, business, and community groups. We have cause for pride, but we also cause to get to work to be ready for the changes about to come upon us.

We are moving from being a town with world class potential to being a city with world class expectations and demands.

Richard Smith
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