Comcast opened a Flagship Lift Zone at the Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation that will advance digital skills and job training opportunities in Chicago. Located in the city’s Austin neighborhood, the Flagship Lift Zone is powered by Comcast Business and housed at the recently opened 76,000-square-foot hub for workforce training and economic development. Comcast’s $500,000 investment in the Aspire Center provides free high-speed WiFi and state-of-the-art technology onsite, including computers, digital cameras, a flexible classroom space, and meeting pods for virtual or in-person collaboration, training, or job interviews. Comcast’s investment includes a $100,000 donation to Chicago-based nonprofit scaleLIT to bring digital skills programming and its Career Pathways Navigators training to the Aspire Center.  This initiative will help job seekers access employment opportunities and workforce support services directly onsite. Comcast’s scaleLIT donation follows more than $35 million in cash and in-kind contributions that the company has made to Chicago nonprofit organizations over the last three years. The Aspire Center marks Comcast’s first Flagship Lift Zone location in Illinois and is an extension of Comcast’s award-winning Lift Zone program, which launched in 2020 and now includes more than 40 locations across Chicago and over 1,250 nationwide.

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