Marshall County Career Innovation Center

MCCIC is a new career center located on Plymouth Community School Corporation’s campus that serves 10 rural school districts.  Through the North Central Career and Technical Education (CTE) Cooperative, MCCIC provides opportunities for students to explore career pathways by offering hands-on learning, post-secondary credits, industry certifications and work-based learning.

The $10.7 million renovation and construction project will result in new classrooms, a new automative training center, a greenhouse, and 28-seat childcare center. When fully operational, the two-year courses for grades 11-12 will train up to 424 students annually of which 60% are expected to come from limited means. Those students will graduate high school with academic, technical and employability skills for future careers. The adult education program is expected to train at least 27 adults annually and provide the necessary training to break down traditional barriers to quality employment. The program is expected to result in job, education or military placements in excess of 95%.

The project received new market tax credit financing from Fort Wayne New Markets Revitalization Fund, LLC, Cinnaire New Markets LLC, and US Bancorp Impact Finance.  The project also received funding from the Northern Indiana Regional Development Authority, Indiana’s Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative (READI), Marshall County government, the City of Plymouth, 1st Source Bank, the Neidig Family, and the Lilly Endowment Inc. GIFT VIII funding through the Marshall County Community Foundation Inc.’s match funding program.

The Marshall County Career Innovation Center (MCCIC) has been named the 2024 National Rural New Market Tax Credit Deal of the Year by the Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits, a leading national publication focused on community finance.