Nonprofit – Grant – Hoovers donate $1M to FRCC’s manufacturing program

Local philanthropists Suzanne and David Hoover will donate $1 million over a period of five years to Front Range Community College, with half of that total earmarked for the purchase of manufacturing training equipment for the college’s new Center for Integrated Manufacturing in Longmont. The 27,000-square-foot facility, which opened earlier this year, is home to FRCC’s programs for precision machining technology, optics technology, automation technology and electronics technology. David Hoover is the former chief executive of Ball Corp., a Broomfield can-manufacturing giant with a large aerospace division. In addition to the manufacturing equipment, the donation will be used to establish the Hoover Family Endowment to fund scholarships for FRCC students.