DECATUR Ala.
Two north Alabama
community colleges are jockeying for a robotics center that is being touted as
a national center for robotics research, education, and training.
Gov. Bob Riley said he and two-year system Chancellor
Bradley Byrne are meeting with officials from Wallace
State Community College
and Calhoun Community
College and a decision is expected in coming
months
The cost and funding source for the three-phase Alabama
Robotics Innovation
Center project have not been
determined, but it could possibly be around $40 million, Riley said.
“We’ll sit down and try to figure which of the two or
three places that would like this project would be the best location,”
Riley told the Decatur Daily in a Wednesday story.
“All will do a fantastic job, and the people they serve
will benefit tremendously from this project,” he said.
Wallace State Community College President Vicki Hawsey said
her college is emphasizing its Hanceville location, which is near the largest
number of advanced manufacturing industries in the state, near Birmingham,
near the center of the state and near Interstate 65.
