A former Kmart in Abingdon is now home to a workforce development and child care hub launched by EO, a nonprofit that spun off from the United Way of Southwest Virginia to oversee workforce development programs.

EO received the certificate of occupancy for the 87,000-square-foot Regional Workforce and Child Development Hub and began moving employees into the center at the end of August, a week earlier than anticipated, says Mary Anne Holbrook, EO’s vice president of development. By mid-September, all 44 EO employees had moved in. A grand opening celebration is set for the week of Oct. 21

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