Junction City does have a strong workforce and is capable of supporting industry and business that comes to the area.

That was the message during Friday mornings Partner Appreciation Day sponsored by the Junction City area Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Commission.

Scott Deeter, CEO of Ventria Bioscience in Junction City explained that the city does have a good workforce that they have been able to utilize. He said that they do offer internships and have had students straight out of high school show that they can be successful in their line of work.

Deeter was asked if there was anything that the school district could do in order to help provider a stronger workforce, to which he explained that if they could teach kids how to be able to learn something they know nothing about on their own.

“I would say that is the key, learn how to learn. How to teach yourself something new, something you don’t know anything about. If somebody figured out how to teach kids how to teach themselves something new, that’s really important,” said Deeter.

The Partner Appreciation Day was held at the Geary County Convention Center Friday morning.