{"id":17038,"date":"2026-09-11T19:24:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T19:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/?p=17038"},"modified":"2026-09-11T19:29:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T19:29:42","slug":"lo-mas-destacado-del-corte-de-cinta-de-la-gran-inauguracion-del-iec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/blog\/iec-grand-opening-ribbon-cutting-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Lo m\u00e1s destacado de la gran inauguraci\u00f3n y corte de cinta del IEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-17038\" data-postid=\"17038\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-17038 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_ovj4553 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_mcpb330 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_zm8f000\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Lo m\u00e1s destacado de la gran inauguraci\u00f3n y corte de cinta del IEC<\/p>\n<p>Por: Niel Dawson, Director Ejecutivo de los Cap\u00edtulos de IEC Atlanta y Georgia<\/p>\n<p>El 2 de septiembre<sup>nd<\/sup>, 330 Research Court en Peachtree Corners se llen\u00f3 con 125 dignatarios, contratistas, socios e invitados con recorridos, discursos, comida y champ\u00e1n. Vea el video de los momentos destacados del evento aqu\u00ed.<\/p>\n<p>La celebraci\u00f3n, organizada en el reci\u00e9n inaugurado IEC Atlanta &amp; Georgia Training Center, brind\u00f3 la oportunidad a los beneficiarios de becas de conectarse con l\u00edderes de la industria, recorrer las instalaciones de \u00faltima generaci\u00f3n y conocer a contratistas locales. El evento subray\u00f3 el compromiso de la organizaci\u00f3n con la creaci\u00f3n de una fuerza laboral s\u00f3lida y capacitada a trav\u00e9s del programa de aprendizaje de la IEC.<\/p>\n<p>Hubo numerosos momentos destacados en el evento, incluidos los buenos deseos del candidato a secretario de Estado Tim Fleming y el representante de Georgia Scott Hilton. Fox 5 tambi\u00e9n estuvo presente para destacar la gran ocasi\u00f3n.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5atlanta.com\/video\/fmc-ixaqkr7pett7jlkh\">. Conoce su historia aqu\u00ed<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>El presidente de la junta directiva, Darren Lodge, agradeci\u00f3 a los asistentes y dio un agradecimiento especial a la Junta Directiva de Atlanta por su apoyo para hacer realidad el nuevo centro de capacitaci\u00f3n. Se proyect\u00f3 un video especial sobre la renovaci\u00f3n del edificio y <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1RAGhNFDkTYMzxQ6ZjlkfM6rx3zxsD41W\/view\">se puede ver aqu\u00ed<\/a>.Se ofrecieron recorridos por el edificio despu\u00e9s de que los asistentes disfrutaran de un banquete de barbacoa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Se ha presentado el \u00abmuro de socios visionarios\u00bb como muestra de agradecimiento a todas las empresas que han realizado donaciones a la campa\u00f1a de recaudaci\u00f3n de fondos para hacer posible las reformas. 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The event underscored the organization's commitment to building a robust, skilled workforce through the IEC apprenticeship program.<\/p> <p>There were numerous highlights at the event, including well wishes from Secretary of State candidate Tim Fleming and Georgia Representative Scott Hilton.\u00a0 Fox 5 was also on hand to spotlight the grand occasion<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5atlanta.com\/video\/fmc-ixaqkr7pett7jlkh\">.\u00a0 Check out their story here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p> <p>Board President Darren Lodge thanked the attendees and gave a special thank you to the Atlanta Board of Directors for their support to make the new training center a reality.\u00a0 A special video of the renovation of the building was shown and <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1RAGhNFDkTYMzxQ6ZjlkfM6rx3zxsD41W\/view\">can be see here<\/a>.\u00a0 Tours of the building were provided after a spread of BBQ was enjoyed by the attendees.\u00a0<\/p> <p>The Visionary Partner wall was revealed as a thank you to all the companies that donated to the capital campaign to make the renovations possible. \u00a0To date, the capital campaign has raised $260,00. \u00a0If your company would like to make a tax-deductible donation to the capital campaign and add your name to the Visionary Partner call, you may use this form. <a href=\"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Capital_Campaign2.pdf\">CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FORM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[gallery ids=\"17041,17042\"]<\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17038"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17051,"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17038\/revisions\/17051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}