Cumming Readiness Center: Grand Opening Saturday

The long-awaited grand opening of the Cumming Regional Readiness Center (CRRC) will be held on Saturday.

The CRRC is located across from the Cumming Aquatic Center off Pilgrim Mill Road and will serve more than 400 soldiers in the North Georgia area. But it will also take advantage of recruiting and retention trends, according to Brigadier Gen. Joseph Jarrard, Assistant Adjutant General, U.S. Army.

“The units that will be located here are largely from North Georgia and this is a perfect location," he said.

The CRRC is also home to four companies of the 560th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade. It provides more than 100,000 square feet of space for training Georgia Guardsmen, featuring a theatre style auditorium that seats 250 and a drill hall that can seat 400.

The grand opening festivities will begin at 9 a.m. with the dedication of the Cumming Room followed by a flag ceremony at 9:30 a.m. The ribbon cutting will take place at 11 a.m., a classroom dedication at 1 p.m. and will conclude with a warrior tree dedication at 2 p.m.

Scheduled to be in attendance:

• Maj. Gen. Jim Butterworth, Adjutant General Georgia National Guard
• Brig. Gen. Joe Jarrard, Commander, Georgia Army National Guard
• Lt. Col. Raymond Bossert , Commander, 560th BfSB
• Command Sgt. Maj. Roy Marchert, Sgt. Maj., 560th BfSB
• Mayor H. Ford Gravitt, Mayor of the City of Cumming
• Senator Jack Murphy, Georgia State Senator
• Soldiers and their families
• Local Vendors

The Cumming community is invited to attend and tour the facility.                     

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