PIERRE, (KCCR) — The Pierre City Commission has approved an extension to a workforce development program the city is engaged in with the Pierre Economic Development Corporation. PEDCO Chief Operating Office Jim Protexter wants to continue the Build Dakota Scholarship Match Grant program…
The required three years helps to ingrain students into the community. Protexter says the program needs to be extended to help the current students finish…
Protexter says plenty of funds remain and more students are interested in the scholarship…
The Pierre City Commission voted unanimously to extend the scholarship through an addendum to the original memorandum of understanding between the City and PEDCO.
