CARSTAR Colorado Business Group sponsors local technical school

Oct. 28, 2019
The CARSTAR Colorado Business Group is helping address the collision repair technician shortage the industry faces through a new partnership with Aims Community College, Automotive & Technology Center, Northern Colorado’s premier Collision Repair and Refinishing School.
The CARSTAR Colorado Business Group is helping address the collision repair technician shortage the industry faces through a new partnership with Aims Community College, Automotive & Technology Center, Northern Colorado’s premier Collision Repair and Refinishing School.
Aims is currently ranked in the top 10 percent of Collision Repair and Refinishing schools in the country.  The schoolcurrently has 75 students enrolled in the Collision Repair and Refinishing program, where they offer morning, afternoon and evening classes. The CARSTAR Colorado Business Group is providing two scholarships each year for students who are in their second and final year. The group recently awarded the first two scholarships and were able to meet and discuss future plans with the students at a special Donor/Recipient Event at Aims College main campus in Greeley, CO.   The group also just completed a branding initiative at the school, which has never been allowed before.  One of the classrooms and the general shop area are now branded CARSTAR. Center in blue shirt, Fred Brown, Director of Automotive Programs, is touring the facility with the CARSTAR Colorado Business Group.About CARSTAR CARSTAR is North America’s largest network of independently owned and operated collision repair facilities with some 700 locations in 35 states and 10 Canadian provinces. A part of the Driven Brands family of automotive aftermarket franchise brands, CARSTAR delivers national scale, premier vehicle repairs, repeatable outcomes and the industry’s highest customer satisfaction ratings. Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, CARSTAR has maintained its commitment to give back to the communities it serves through a variety of fundraising initiatives, including raising over $3 million for Cystic Fibrosis Canada, and has made fighting cystic fibrosis its cause, North American wide. For more information visit www.carstar.com and www.carstar.ca follow on Facebook, twitter and LinkedIn. CARSTAR is actively seeking new franchise partners and interested parties should contact 844-906-9764.

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