Michael1942's Blog

There has been some media coverage on the multi site housing erected by Springfield Housing. This is a wonderful development and much-needed but I am a bit disturbed that there is very little participation in the building by minorities. What ever happened to the program administered by the Springfield Urban League to train community youths in the construction trades to enable them to participate in these construction projects? The program called “Youth Build” was supposed to train eligible youths in the construction trades, then place them with local contractors for on the job training. Since the beginning of the program there it appears that no actual permanent or temporary positions were made available for those participants. Those trainees would have made a good step in raising the standards of living on the East side while removing some families above the poverty level and off the public dole.