Community colleges in North Carolina's Triad region await arrival of Dell plant.

Publication: Winston-Salem Journal (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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COPYRIGHT 2004 Winston-Salem Journal

Byline: Richard Craver

Nov. 17--Count the Triad's community colleges among the groups anxiously awaiting Dell Inc.'s decision about where it will build a computer-assembly plant in the Triad.

Officials are eager to begin tackling one of the largest projects in the history of the N.C. Community College System -- the training of 700 full-time Dell employees in the first year and 1,500 over five years.

But until Dell decides on a plant site, which is expected in a few weeks, the officials will just have to wait along with Triad economic developers and residents. Forsyth and Guilford counties are the front-runners for the proposed plant, although Davidson County sites are being considered.

The site decision...

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