Business View Civil and Municipal | Volume 2, Issue 6

98 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 2, ISSUE 6 new learning opportunities for their community, bearing in mind that the area is known for its family-owned workshops. The Huntington County Community Learning Center offers adults and young adults the opportunity to learn trade skills. Established in 2015, the center offers a wide range of skills to learn, from metal working and medical programs, to beautician training and machining. One of Huntington County’s commissioners, Terry Stoffel, teaches law enforcement and criminal justice as he was the county’s sheriff. It’s this hands-on approach that also allows for lecturers at the center to tweak their courses to meet certain positions that are opening up in the community. Wall notes, “We have a need for dispatchers in Huntington County. This means that Stoffel is now developing a program where men and women can train to fill these positions.” With a population hovering around 39,000, the Huntington.edu Christ. Scholarship. Service. Our Roots Run Deep directors from these counties also meet monthly. By doing this, these counties and economic development directors are all on the same page and can pass along opportunities their area can’t accommodate at the time, ultimately, retaining jobs in communities in northeastern Indiana. “We’ve been praised by a lot of people for keeping this collaboration together,” says Wall. “We don’t want to lose a business because we don’t have the infrastructure. But if Wells County has it, we’re going to introduce them, and we know they’d do the same for us.” Huntington County has also invested in creating