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The Choccolocco Research, Education, and Technical Experience (CREATE) is a regional education, workforce development, and technology center that will better prepare students for postsecondary careers and workforce opportunities while meeting the increasing demand for a skilled workforce to serve our businesses and industries in East Alabama. CREATE will provide training and credentialing opportunities with the following pathways:

• Phase 1/ August 2024/ Engineering, Green Power, Computer Science, Robotics, Comprehensive Commercial Construction, Modern Manufacturing, (build out Criminal Justice classrooms)

• Phase 2/ August 2025 Cybersecurity, Mechanical and Electrical Industrial Maintenance, Mechatronics, Transportation, Distribution, Logistics, and STEM Research, Innovation and Technology Development.

• Phase 3/August 2026/Aviation

These career pathways will be available to high school students across five counties to include Calhoun, Cleburne, Clay, Talladega, and St. Clair over a three-year period. Upskill training for adults as well as incumbent worker training will be offered in the evenings. 

• Phase 1/August 2024/Open to Oxford students 

• Phase 2/August 2025/Begin opening to any student across above 5 counties

• Phase 3/August 2026/Continued acceptance of students across above 5 counties

Through the partnerships of municipalities, school districts, our local economic development council, our regional business and industry leaders, and our state and local elected officials,  this innovative workforce development and technology center will be one of the first of its kind in Alabama, located in Calhoun County, the heart of East Alabama.