Governor Pat Quinn Announces Investment at ICC

EAST PEORIA — On Tuesday April 8, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn announced that the state is giving Illinois Central College $2.6 million to build a 24,000 square-foot addition to the college.

This investment in the college is funded by the Governor’s Illinois Jobs Now! program and will add “space for truck drive training, auto body training and an alternative energy sources laboratory.” Also,  there will be improvements to current areas of the college. ICC will be contributing $877,900 to the renovation bring the total to $3.5 million.

Along with the improvement, the Governor addressed his intention to increase the Monetary Award Program (MAP) funds over the next five years, doubling the current amount.