Good Jobs Challenge

Overview

Under the leadership of Alliance-member organization J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College (Reynolds), the Alliance for Building Better Medicine has secured a landmark $3.94 million federal grant, as part of the Good Jobs Challenge Award by the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), for its Richmond-Petersburg Advanced Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (APM) Workforce Initiative. This transformative project, led by Reynolds Community College and the Community College Workforce Alliance (CCWA), the shared workforce division of Reynolds and Brightpoint Community Colleges (BCC), and industry leaders, including Civica, Phlow, DCLS, and Haleon, will equip 228 individuals for good-paying technician-level jobs in the APM and biotechnology sectors. This initiative supports national priorities to reshore pharmaceutical manufacturing, strengthen the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain, and address critical drug shortages. It will also advance the region’s work as an EDA designated Advanced Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Tech Hub.