Project Information

A dedicated, controlled environment that provides specialized training equipment including a road course for safe, behind-the-wheel practice for future and current fire safety, EMT, law enforcement, busing, and truck driving personnel. The multi-purpose facility would also provide a safe training area for motorcycle safety.

A centrally located, easily accessible facility to serve students and community partners right here in Rock and Green Counties and beyond for specialized training, recertification and regional workforce development.

The College lacks a number of critical training facilities needed by our public safety and transportation students. Our current facilities do not include a fire tower or burn pads, a high-speed track, or appropriate simulation labs. In order to meet the training requirements of our students, the College is forced to rent these facilities across the region. For example, Blackhawk rents time at Blackhawk Farms Raceway, conducts tactical training at Mercy Health System, and uses the City of Janesville pistol range. Scheduling, organizing logistics, and traveling to these off-campus sites is inefficient and costly for our students and staff. 

A multi-purpose, broad-based facility to support public safety and transportation students and regional partners to meet increasingly complex and rigorous training requirements.

Blackhawk plays a critical role in training the transportation and public safety professionals that will serve Green and Rock counties for generations to come. Local police and fire departments are also in need of facilities for ongoing training and certification of their personnel. Our current facility is outdated and limits opportunities for our students and community partners to practice the skills that will keep them, and our communities, safe.

Increased demand and training requirements for public safety and transportation professionals have led to many of our programs outgrowing their current physical locations. Classes often spill out into hallways disrupting other students or have to be held on weekends when there are fewer students on campus. 

A consolidated and dynamic facility that streamlines and supports the College mission to provide flexible education in a supportive environment, consistently responding to the changing needs of our students and regional workforce.