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A big crowd showed up Thursday at an open house for the Menlo Park nonprofit job-training center, Opportunities Industrialization Center West.
Supporters blew wooden train whistles to celebrate the new name of the center: JobTrain.
Opened in 1965, OICW last year helped 6,200 people finish high school, learn a trade, and/or find work.
With its new name, the center — located at 1200 O’Brien Drive — is starting new programs, such as solar installation as part of its popular Project Build construction training program.
In addition to job training, the center provides counseling, teen services and child development programs at low or no cost.
For more information, call 330-6429 or go online to http://www.jobtrainworks.org .
