Toyota donates $1 million for local STEAM programs to prepare for megasite workforce
Sean Suggs, president of Toyota's North Carolina electric vehicle battery plant, pictured in Liberty, NC, after the announcement that the company will donate $1 million for local STEAM programs. PAUL GARBER/WFDD
Toyota is donating $1 million for local science and technology education programs as the company makes plans for its electric vehicle battery plant in Randolph County.
Half of the grant will assist with a Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics, or STEAM Lab in the College of Education at North Carolina A&T State University. The other half will assist a support program for K through 12 students in Randolph County.
Sean Suggs, president of the Toyota plant at the Greensboro-Randolph megasite, says it’s critical that its 2,000-plus workforce knows how to build things.
“We need members that are going to come on the team that have the skill — not necessarily and engineering degree per se — but also the ability to think about things and problem solve.”
The donation announcement was made during a ceremony in Liberty Saturday.
Production at the facility is scheduled to begin in 2025.
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