Won asks about training facilities open, timelines, and capital funding
Won asks about training facility status and capital funding. Jung confirms only Solar One in Manhattan is currently open, with Batworks (Brooklyn, late 2028), Bronx Green Job Center (end of year), and CUNY campuses in Queens and Staten Island (timelines TBD). Won asks about capital funding allocations; Jung says investments were opportunistic rather than strategically budgeted, with Batworks receiving $100 million, Bronx $3 million, and CUNY $10 million.
So the plan commits to developing a green collar workforce training facility in every single borough.
How many of these facilities are open today and what is the timeline for the rest that are unopened?
I'll pass it to my colleagues at EDC.
In Brooklyn at Batworks, at the Brooklyn Army Terminal, there's going to be the largest workforce development training amounting to 30,000 square feet.
That's going to be opening late 2028.
In the Bronx, we've invested $3 million into Fordham's Bronx Green Job Center, which is going to be 12,000 square feet.
That is on track to open by the end of the calendar year.
In Manhattan, the Solar One Environmental Education Center in St.
Vincent Cove, Midtown East, 6,500 square feet, is already open.
Which one is open?
The Solar One Environmental Education Center.
What borough?
Manhattan.
Okay.
We've made $10 million investments into various CUNY campuses.
The one in Queens will be at Queensborough Community College.
They're developing an energy education center in Staten Island at the College of Staten Island.
So what year will the Queens one be open?
So both for the Queens and College of Staten Island.
Seton Island Center, which will be focused on sustainable business, finance, and entrepreneurship.
We're actively liaising with the community central capital team to get a firmer answer on when they will be able to develop those centers at those campuses.
I'm happy to get back to you on those timelines.
Okay, so currently there's only one open.
In Manhattan.
Correct.
And this has all been done within the past two years.
And so given the nature of construction development life cycles, we're proud to say that that's been open.
And how much capital funding has been allocated to all five boroughs and for each site?
We haven't had a strategic budget allocation.
We've opportunistically have invested in these different workforce facilities as opportunities come up with our eye on developing a center in each borough.
I will say that the Batworks overall project is going to receive $100 million of investment.
Like I mentioned before, the Bronx Fordham's Bronx Green Job Center has received $3 million from us.
We supported Solar One Environmental Education Center with their development.
I don't have the exact figure on hand.
I'm happy to share that figure at a later time.
And like I mentioned before, the $10 million of investment went into CUNY-wide, and we're happy to get you those discrete figures for which are associated with those campuses in the future.