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People\u2019s United Bank has committed to donate $10,000 toward Northern Essex Community College\u2019s new $25 million Allied Health & Technology Center scheduled for construction on Common Street in Lawrence.\u00a0 \u00a0The donation was announced by the bank\u2019s chief executive officer, Timothy Crimmons, during a recent visit to the college\u2019s Lawrence Campus.\u00a0 People\u2019s United Bank recently purchased Riverbank in North Andover, which was previously Lawrence Savings Bank.<\/p>\n
The Allied Health & Technology building will allow the college to expand the six associate degree and 12 certificate programs in health care that it currently offers, growing enrollments in high demand programs and creating new programs in emerging fields such as medical laboratory technology.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0The building will feature a One-Stop Student Services\/ Welcome Center, learning centers and labs, and an extension of the NECC Barnes & Noble bookstore with a coffeehouse.\u00a0 Built around this space will be state-of-the-art educational classrooms and labs that are modeled after real-life work environments such as a hospital, a physician\u2019s office, a dentist office, and an ambulance.\u00a0 The building will be approximately 40,000 square feet and will have more than one floor.<\/p>\n