PHOTOS — Crowd packs Expo Center for major Golden Triangle Polymers job fair
Published 1:34 pm Monday, June 26, 2023
Calvin Nelms and Chris Cook (Randy Strong/Orange Leader)
A line of job seekers prepares to enter the Convention and Expo Center in Orange on Saturday. (Randy Strong/Orange Leader)
Makoto Mikami, Dan Stringer and Nicole King (Randy Strong/Orange Leader)
Kevin King, Dana Willis and Pamela Wise (Randy Strong/Orange Leader)
Angelina Whitehead, Ramon Fernandez and Luis Alaniz (Randy Strong/Orange Leader)
Terell Hall (Randy Strong/Orange Leader)
Heather Betancourth and Brandi Miller (Randy Strong/Orange Leader)
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A large crowd of local residents gathered outside and, eventually, inside the Convention and Expo Center in Orange on Saturday for the Local First Job Fair.
Scheduled to last for five hours, the effort was a first-of-its-kind fair to connect job seekers to opportunities available with Golden Triangle Polymers in Orange County.
Golden Triangle Polymers Company donated $200,000 to Orange County in March to expand the County’s economic development capabilities in assisting local businesses with applying and competing for work on the $8.5 billion integrated polymers facility currently under construction.
The new facility is a joint venture between Chevron Phillips Chemical and QatarEnergy.
