Management and Training Corp., the Utah-based company that runs Tongue Point Job Corps Center, turned 25 years old this year.

Since it opened in 1981, MTC has grown from running four federal Job Corps centers to operating or partnering with 25. It has operated the Tongue Point center since 1990.

The company employs more than 6,400 people worldwide, including nearly 200 at Tongue Point and more than 30 in a workforce development program it manages called MTC Works.

An employment and training project with state, federal and private funding sources, MTC Works offers services to more than 2,000 people and multiple employers in Columbia, Clatsop and Tillamook counties.

To commemorate the corporation’s 25th anniversary, Tongue Point Job Corps Center hosted MTC Works staff for lunch with keynote speakers that included MTC Regional Vice President Ellie Lopez.

MTC Works Director Julie Gassner said it’s “an honor” to work for a corporation that “promotes innovation, partnership and leadership in our local communities,” a sentiment echoed by Tongue Point Center Director Nancy Pyburn.

“MTC expects each of us to give back to our community,” Pyburn said. “They know the key to global success is local support. I am proud to feel that support here in Astoria.”