Buckeye Hills Career Center (BHCC) In Rio Grande, Ohio recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the completion of two new facilities on its main campus: a Heavy Diesel Mechanics and Commercial Driving License (CDL) complex, and an Electrical Trades Building Complex.
The CDL and Heavy Diesel Mechanics Complex includes a 9,256 square-foot instructional facility with modern lab bays designed to replicate real-world conditions, as well as a 24,000 square-foot CDL pad.
The center will provide about 100 students annually with immersive, hands-on training and will be home to BHCC’s CDL program and Ag and Heavy Equipment Technician program.
Classes are expected to begin in the new facilities in August.
BHCC received over $3.7 million from the State of Ohio’s Career Tech Construction Grant for the project, and a $1.5 million grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission’s (ARC) Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization program in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Appalachia.
“Today, we proudly unveil two transformative facilities that will shape the future of Southeastern Ohio,” said Jamie Nash, BHCC Superintendent. “These two facilities together symbolize more than expansion. They represent hope, opportunity, and a bold commitment to workforce readiness.”
Buckeye Hills Career Center is operated by the Gallia-Jackson-Vinton Joint Vocational School District and has served Southeast Ohio for almost 50 years.
