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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Open House Set for January 24
at Lewis County Education Center; Preview of Upcoming Classes
01/12/19 08:00pm
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    Lewis County Education Center Ribbon Cutting and Open House

    Officials from Lewis County, Jefferson Community College, Jefferson-Lewis
    Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) and Cornell Cooperative
    Extension (CCE) of Lewis County invite community members to a ribbon cutting
    ceremony to mark the formal opening of the Lewis County Jefferson
    Community College Education Center on Thursday, January 24 at 1:00 p.m.,
    7395 East Road, Lowville. Tours of the facility and exhibits by partners and
    local community organizations will be available through 7:00 p.m. following the
    ribbon cutting.

    The opening of the 22,000 square foot facility is the culmination of three years
    of work between Jefferson Community College and Lewis County that began in
    2015 when the Lewis County Board of Legislators earmarked funding for the
    construction of an education center. In January 2018, a memorandum of
    understanding between the College and Lewis County officials was signed
    designating Jefferson as operating of the education center with BOCES and
    Cornell Cooperative Extension-Lewis County subleasing space from the
    College and Lewis County, respectively. The County broke ground in
    September 2018 with general contractor DC Building Systems of Watertown
    along with AMP Electric and Lawman Heating and Plumbing working swiftly to
    keep the construction project on track for a January opening.

    The single story education center includes five instructional classrooms, a
    5500 sq. ft. fabrication lab (“fab lab”), 1400 sq. ft. mechatronics classroom,
    1900 sq. ft. lab for BOCES forestry and engineering instruction, along with
    office, conference and administration space for Education Center partners.
    Cornell Cooperative Extension of Lewis County will move from its current
    location on Stowe Street to the new facility.

    To start, Jefferson plans to offer a mix of non-college credit bearing classes in
    the areas of agribusiness, hospitality and tourism, and advanced
    manufacturing. Many non-credit offerings will be developed as micro-
    credentials with prior learning assessment built in for transferability to credit
    bearing courses. Beginning in February, both Jefferson and CCE will begin
    offering a variety of professional development and personal enrichment
    workshops, including many for youth. Participants can register now at www.
    sunyjefferson.edu/lewis and www.ccelewis.org. BOCES plans to begin on-site
    instruction in September. An advisory committee comprised of local community,
    business and education leaders has been appointed by the Lewis County
    Board of Legislators to assist with providing input regarding the workforce
    training and educational needs of the community.

    The following classes will be offered for the opening semester:
You can register for the above classes by phone at
315-786-2233, by e-mail at ced@sunyjefferson.edu, or by
mail at:

Workforce Development and Business Division,
Jefferson Community College
1220 Coffeen Street,
Watertown, NY 13601
Please register directly with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Lewis County
by phone at 315-376-5270, by e-mail at lewis@cornell.edu, or in person.