HISTORY

Metropolitan Community College (MCC) has been working with area businesses for more than 25 years to improve workplace effectiveness and remove barriers to peak performance. In 1995, MCC’s economic development, industrial technical training, and customized business training were consolidated into one facility, with the acquisition of the Business & Technology Center (BTC). Built upon MCC’s strong partnerships with both the local business community and the State of Missouri, the BTC became an integral partner in workforce development and economic development efforts throughout metropolitan Kansas City. Organizations like the Kansas City Area Development Council and the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City came to depend on the technical training facilities, skilled performance consulting staff and other resources of the BTC to help attract new businesses and jobs to the Kansas City area.

In 2002, the Business & Technology Center changed its name to MCC-Business & Technology and officially became a college campus – the fifth in MCC’s district. The MCC-Business & Technology campus (still referred to as BTC) continued to provide contract training and consulting services to manufacturing companies and other businesses, but now would also provide a broad array of for-credit programs as well. As credit programming grew, so did the need for business training and consulting. Over time, it became clear that in order to better serve the business community across the entire Kansas City metropolitan region and to provide services for more business sectors, MCC needed to maximize access to the training and education resources on each of our five campuses. Therefore, in 2007, MCC Business & Learning Solutions was established to serve the needs of businesses by offering high-quality training and consulting services and innovative solutions to workplace and workforce obstacles.