(File Photo of State Representative Rob Matzie)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Ambridge, PA) Beaver County Career and Technology Center (BCCTC) will receive $68,700 in state funding to support its greenhouse and landscaping program, State Representative Rob Matzie announced today.

The funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Education will be used to purchase a truck and utility trailer to provide students with hands-on training in the school’s horticulture and landscaping program.

The grant was awarded through the department’s Competitive Equipment Grants program.

Matzie said the equipment will help students gain experience in fields such as agribusiness, farming and horticulture and BCCTC will use the funds to purchase a Ford F-250 Regular Cab truck and a 2026 Quality Trailer 77×14 Economy Tandem Axle Utility Trailer.