GOSHEN – Orange County is going to spend $2 million to modernize a former school building in Chester for a county advanced training center.
The building, which has been vacant since 2019, was purchased by the county for $1.
The vision for the project is to train adults in a facility to advance their careers, said County Public Works Commissioner Erik Denega.
“It is looked upon as an opportunity to have advanced manufacturing and advanced facility training for adults. We are not looking to duplicate Orange-Ulster BOCES and their curriculum, or the two school districts that already have them in Pine Bush and Newburgh. This is for the next generation, kids who may not want to go to college, they would actually go to this as a vocational type of learning center,” Denega said.
The county legislature’s Ways and Means Committee approved the spending on Tuesday. It now goes to the full legislature in March.
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