Technical College breaks ground for new Health Careers building

TCAT President Kelli Kea-Carroll was joined Monday by local elected officials and staff members at the Tennessee College of Applied Technologies for a ground breaking ceremony at the West Main Street, Hohenwald campus. Construction crews arrived one week early, she explained, and not wanting to hinder a schedule, the groundbreaking was held while bulldozers moved in the background.

Pictured, left, Lewis County Mayor Jonah Keltner, Instructors Christina Hammonds, Jacquie Coble, Shirley Brown-Harrison, Student Service Coordinator Andrea Cooper, Instructor Clint Natschke, City of Hohenwald Mayor Danny McKnight, EC&D Coordinator Helen Ozier, State Senator Dr. Joey Hensley, President Kea-Carroll, Vice-President Randy Young, Hohenwald/Lewis County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Debbie Landers, State Representative David Byrd and Dick Tracy, Executive Director of Facilities Development for the Tennessee Board of Regents.

The new building is slated as a Health Careers Building with the intent to add 10,000 square feet to Building 4 to co-locate the allied health care careers programs, such as Practical Nursing, Surgical Technology and Patient Care Technician, President Kea-Carroll said.