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EO Career Commons

A year-round workforce exploration center provides K-12 students across Southwest Virginia with hands-on career simulation. Alongside educators in field trips and camps, an estimated 30,000 students will visit the center, annually. Activities and curriculum aligns with the Virginia Department of Education’s 17 career clusters and helps spur interest in our region's manufacturing and STEM jobs. This is the first facility in our region of its kind and is likely to become a hallmark of successful rural workforce development.

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Thank you to EO's Career Commons Partners!

The following organizations are foundational to the EO Career Commons experience, and we are thankful for their continued community support!

  • Appalachian Power

  • Appalachian Highlands Community Dental Center

  • Ballad Health

  • Berry's Home Center

  • BurWil Construction

  • Blue Ridge Auto Group

  • CGI Federal

  • Paramont Manufacturing

  • VA Highlands Community College

  • Wytheville Community College

  • Southwest Virginia Community College

  • New River Community College

  • Mountain Empire Community College

  • Food City

  • Lakeshore

  • Friends of SWVA

  • Virginia Army National Guard

  • New Peoples Bank

  • First Bank and Trust

  • Virginia Department of Transportation

  • W-L Construction & Paving

  • Wize Solutions

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