Specifications include, but are not limited to: The purpose of this grant-funded initiative is to create an industry-led apprenticeship program in western North Carolina modeled on other successful regional efforts in the state (for example, NCTAP in the Triangle area, Guilford Apprenticeship Partners in the Greensboro area, Apprenticeship Charlotte and Apprenticeship 2000 in the Charlotte area, 321 Apprentice in the Gastonia area). Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College is the lead on this application, but other colleges in the region joined to form a strong alliance of community college partners: Blue Ridge Community College, Haywood Community College, Isothermal Community College, and Southwestern Community College.