CINCINNATI (Cincinnati Business Courier) – Kenwood Dealer Group, Greater Cincinnati’s second-largest auto group, has gifted more than $1.2 million to Cincinnati State Technical and Community College to help bridge a growing labor gap of auto technicians, especially those with the expertise to service hybrid and electric vehicles.

“Today’s auto technician is a highly skilled professional. Gone are the days when you can learn to be a mechanic in a back alley garage,” Dave Fay, director of fixed operations for Kenwood Dealer Group, said at a press event Nov. 16.

Cincinnati State will rename its automotive program the Kenwood Dealer Group School of Automotive Technology.

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