Prince George’s County, Maryland, residents will have improved access to job training and good-paying jobs when the Labor Department’s first American Job Center to open since 2008 comes to the National Harbor branch at Tanger Outlets.
The American Job Center at National Harbor opens Oct. 25 and involves a federal, state and local partnership that also encompasses local businesses and nonprofits.
“It’s the only membership network in the country,” said Walter Simmons, president and CEO of Employ Prince George’s, the county’s workforce development agency.
“We have for-profit service providers, educational institutions, government agencies, that all provide services. And unlike any other area in the country, they all partner and share our job secrets and help people move into living-wage jobs,” he said.
Within walking distance of the site are 16,000 jobs from employers such as the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, MGM National Harbor and 65 retail outlets at Tanger Outlets.
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