Grand Opening for Innovation and Heavy Equipment Diesel Center Oct. 20
Linn-Benton Community College will hold a Grand Opening for its new Innovation and Heavy Equipment Center at 2000 Oak Street in Lebanon Thursday, October 20. Expected guests include Senator Ron Wyden, Congressman Peter DeFazio, several state and local elected officials, and national industry leaders and representatives. Tours of the new facilities will be given after a brief program, which begins at 11:15 a.m. and is open to the public. The 37,000-square-foot training center includes state-of-the-art equipment to train students in heavy equipment and diesel repair, and an Innovation Center, which offers space for industry to train employees and test equipment. Training will also be offered in alternative fuels for heavy transportation vehicles. The diesel program’s move from the college’s Albany campus brings all transportation training programs onto one shared campus, opening up space for expansion of the other college industrial programs. The Advanced Tran...