Reardon was joined by a host of other politicians and by a relatively new group called the Aerospace Futures Alliance, to which Reardon offered a two-year lease for an old building at the airport.
Reardon's announcement came in a week that the Boeing Co. said it planned to build a $750 million plant for a second 787 assembly line in South Carolina.
South Carolina had offered millions in incentives.
"We needed to get moving," Rep. Mike Sells, D-Everett, said after Reardon's announcement. "Other states are stepping up much more quickly than we are."
The 30,000-square-foot building at the airport looked pretty ragged to me. Reardon was offering it to the alliance at no cost as long as it renovated the facility.
Sue Ambler, president and chief executive of the Workforce Development Council of Snohomish County, said the center was a good idea and that a statewide training effort was needed. And Mike Mires, the dean of instruction for Spokane Community College, was on hand to support the idea of a network of training facilities.
By Mike Benbow, Herald Columnist
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