Eastman Career Center to Stay Open
The Eastman Career Center will now stay open even though the Georgia Department of Labor was set to close the career center along with six others, according to an Eastman Career Center news release.
This also means the eight employees will keep their jobs.
State Representative Jimmy Pruett from Eastman negotiated a deal for the center to remain open rent-free.
WMAZ reported in April that the Department of Labor was set to close the Eastman Career Center by July 1 after they decided not to renew career center leases due to budget cuts.
This means Eastman Career Center patrons will not have to make a 32-mile trip to the next nearest center in Dublin.
According to Lori Martel, Field Services Manager for the Eastman career center, they helped 834 people find employment in 2011.






































