The multi-million-dollar effort will repurpose a former elementary school into a workforce training center in Austin.
"A multimillion-dollar effort to bring innovative job, career and skills training to the West Side for Austin residents and the greater West Side," Shields said. Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation will be a center focused on job training for West Side residents. It had been a Chicago Public Schools school that closed in 2013.
Former Robert Emmet Elementary School to be transformed into Aspire Center, a workforce training center in Austin. | Watch full press conference. On Tuesday, JPMorganChase announced a $10 million loan to the Chicago Community Loan Fund for new affordable housing and projects, like the center, that offer services and opportunities in communities of colors.
"This $10 million will be transformational for small and nonprofit developers who are helping to fill the affordable housing gap in the South and West sides," said Gov. JB Pritzker.
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