Goodwill Industries of Arkansas to offer high school diplomas workforce training at new education center in Springdale

SPRINGDALE — Benton and Washington counties are home to 44,000 people without high school diplomas and even more needing job skills, said Brian Marsh. Goodwill Industries of Arkansas is set to change that, he said. Goodwill will start classes May 1 at its new Goodwill Training and Education Center at 2100 S. Old Missouri Road in Springdale. This is the second such center in Arkansas, with the first in Little Rock. Goodwill plans three more, with the organization’s board of directors agreeing to provide funding. Marsh is president and chief executive officer of Goodwill Industries of Arkansas. He spoke Friday…