The New Britain Housing Authority and Human Resource Agency identified a strong need for a facility dedicated to providing job training and helping low-income residents prepare for the workforce in a neighborhood where unemployment is high. Education, job training and career counselling were the client’s biggest requirements and guided the Design Team’s program.

In January 2015, the new 18,000-SF Community Education Center was complete. The facility includes classrooms, computer testing spaces, vocational training areas, and an event community space designed to provide education, computer skills, GED training, introductions to career opportunities and job placement for low-income residents.