Dallas College moves into the shops at Red Bird Mall a FastTrack job training center that will transform lives in this community this Christmas redbe Mall receiving a gift that will bless many it is a gift and I really do think about uh what it can mean to this community and what it means to Dallas College Dallas College opening the doors to a 53,000 ft Workforce Job Training Center in the mall but we know for so many students they're not necessarily going to walk into our doors at a college campus in a college environment so we're excited to bring these skills training Workforce programs education programs right here into the heart of the community at Redbird job training for what's in demand now and tomorrow automation robotics Health Sciences trainings patient care technician EKG photomy really focusing on entrylevel good paying jobs that put people on a career pathway it training construction industry skill development and more the beauty of this facility is we have designed it in a way that it's flexible so what we want to do is be responsive to business and industry needs Dallas college has invested millions of dollars here to start along with grants and private donors the gift is the training will be free to those who want to learn our goal is to make sure when people walk through the door they don't worry about how they are going to pay for the training we just want to make sure that they able to do so for the community Dallas College provides much needed Workforce Development in a place that is near where they live and in a place where they're comfortable and feel welcome and for the mall we are driving traffic we're going to have hundreds of people walking through here every day Terence Maiden along with Peter brosky the reasons for red Bird's Renaissance mixing new ideas with restaurants retail and residential making what's happening more than just a facelift what we're trying to do is provide the high-end amenities that people in the community want such as Starbucks such as UT Southwestern Medical Center but also provide an opportunity for the people in the community who need a hand up uh to be able to lift themselves up uh and that's where Parkland Hospital comes in that's where Vogal alov Child Care comes in and now most importantly that's where Dallas College comes in the Dallas College Workforce job training center part of what's new at the shops at Red Bird mall to ensure not only the sustainability of this mall but the sustainability of neighborhoods around it sha RAB Fox 4 News