The Murray County Chamber of Commerce selected Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) as its 2022 Innovator of the Year.

The Chamber’s Executive Team and Board of Directors chair select “a Chamber member business who goes above and beyond their daily process or routine to build impact” to receive the award, said Eli Falls, president and CEO of the Murray Chamber and the Industrial Development Authority.

GNTC was selected due to the partnership and willingness to create the Murray Works Employment Academy, which caters to workforce recruitment needs of local large employers and is focused on graduating high school students. The award was presented Thursday, April 7, at the Chamber’s annual meeting.

“We took a laundry list of requests and honed those down to create a 10-day robust bootcamp/academy for a participant to graduate with specific trainings needed to land a career with Certificate of Completion in hand,” Falls said.

GNTC’s Vice President of Economic Development Stephanie Scearce accepted the award on behalf of GNTC.