President Visits Georgia to Address Job Loss & Future Clean Energy Economy-

President Obama dropped by Savannah Technical College in Georgia yesterday, one of the many stops on his White House to Main Street tour, stressing America’s need for clean energy to promote job growth and stimulate the economy. After formally addressing the crowd, the president visited with students enrolled in an alternative energy program at the school and discussed his future strategy to advance nationwide energy efficiency and green job development. Obama also met with local business owners during his time there to discuss the state’s critical unemployment rates, which have soared to double digits. In his address, President Obama emphasized the vast concerns which continue to plague business owners and confirmed again that his focus for 2010 will be “to lay a foundation for economic growth that will create jobs, that raises incomes, that will foster a secure economic future for middle-class families.” The Savannah Tech training program was made possible through the current administration’s investments in green jobs training, which is additionally expected to incite new jobs throughout the country. YouthBuild, a program which prepares and trains young people for careers in progressive industries, has been providing green jobs training to local teens by means of Recovery Act funding; invaluable education that will encourage and drive America’s clean energy economy. In the footage below, courtesy of the White House, President Obama speaks with the alternative energy program undergrads about the curriculum and discusses his plans for clean energy.