Spartanburg Community College is renovating a vacant historic building, originally a local high school, into a new Downtown Campus. The rehabilitated facility will provide a full suite of certificate and associate degree programs to prepare students for career-path employment. The new state-of-the-art facility includes classrooms, computer labs, science labs, a 5,000 sq. ft. auditorium and 7,150 sq. ft. gymnasium. The Campus also houses a 13,000 sq. ft. one-stop career center that offers comprehensive workforce development and job placement programs targeted to low-income community residents. The project is a critical component of an ambitious County-wide initiative to significantly increase postsecondary education of underserved residents to help prepare them for high-growth, high-demand jobs positioning the region for future economic growth.