Paramont Applied Technology & Workforce Center

The Paramont Applied Technology & Workforce Center is Now Open

In honor of Jim Brown & Paramont Manufacturing

• Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission Diesel Lab
  In honor of the Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission gift
   
• John D. Lentz, D.D.S. Diesel Classroom
  In honor of the Dr. John D. Lentz gift
   
• United Company Foundation Welding Lab
  In honor of the United Company Foundation gift
   
• Eric R. Miller Workforce Development Center
  In honor of the Wellspring Foundation gift
   
• Olin & Muriel Prather Welding Classroom
  In honor of the Olin & Muriel Prather Charitable Foundation
   
• Quesenberry Student Lounge
  In honor of the Greg & Lantha Quesenberry gift
   
• Bill Gatton Conference Room
  In honor of the Gatton Foundation gift

Virginia employers expressed a need for workers with technical skills requiring post-high school training but not necessarily a four-year degree. VHCC, in partnership with many local organizations, businesses, and individuals, responded by raising money to expand training opportunities for in-demand industry-recognized credentials by building a 20,000+ square foot building, which is the hub for:

• Workforce training in Welding, Diesel and other technologies
• Customized business and industry training
• Business and industry collaboration, retention, and expansion

• Jim Brown and Paramont Manufacturing
• The Bill Gatton Foundation
• Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission
• Wellspring Foundation of Southwest Virginia
  (In Memory of Eric R. Miller)
• The United Company Foundation
• Greg and Lantha Quesenberry
• Anne and Gene Worrell Foundation
• John D. Lentz, D.D.S.
• Olin & Muriel Prather Charitable Foundation
• Burwill Construction

• 2017-2018: Initial Conceptual design
• 2018-2019: Ongoing design refinement
• 2020-2021: Groundbreaking - Initial construction phases begun
• 2021-2022: Construction phases I, II, and III complete
• 2022-2023: "Close the Gap" campaign began
• 2023-2024: Building completed, and the first classes commence in the fall of 2024
• 2025: Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening Ceremony