County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, Governor Wes Moore, Congressman Glenn Ivey, Employ Prince George’s and other state officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, December 8 to celebrate the opening of a new building trades training facility in Lanham.

The Building Trades Career Center, located in Lanham, Maryland aims to equip Prince George’s County residents with the skills needed for successful careers with union employers in the construction industry.

The center will offer career coaching, job readiness training and be home to training programs and apprenticeships for all unions within the building trades.

“This center will help us achieve important employment and apprenticeship goals set by the state of Maryland and the blueprint for Maryland’s future,” said Alsobrooks. “The Building Trades Center will be a tool to assist Prince George’s County public schools and Employ Prince George’s to create a pipeline of residents to launch a career in a construction industry via apprenticeships through the county’s building trades.”

The facility will be the first affiliated American Job Center to open inside of a building trades union in the U.S.