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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting –March 5, 2010 <br /> <br />conduct while they are there, so that when <br />they get on the job site they know what to do. <br />We work with IBEW and other unions so <br />that they are working side by side with <br />skilled tradesmen and women, so they can <br />learn the construction skills. When they <br />leave our process, they will have an <br />opportunity to become carpenters, they can <br />become management Level I on the <br />construction site, they can become system <br />analysts, TIA comp certified on networks so <br />that they can get a job and support <br />themselves and their families. <br /> <br />I stand here and my heart is just …I would <br />love for some of them to meet some of the <br />gentlemen who just stood here, so they could <br />say to them, “Don’t go this way.” <br /> <br />You’ve got our communication. We’ve <br />asked for a portion of the urban development <br />funds. We did that because we also have <br />other entities that we operate to be self <br />supportive. We have a daycare that supports <br />a lot of the youth, our young mothers and <br />fathers so they don’t have to miss school <br />because they don’t have a place to take their <br />youth. We also have in our plans to set up an <br />IT station where they can sell service, <br />troubleshoot computers for the public, for <br />companies, while they are learning. We’re <br />looking for job opportunities along the way. <br />So that they know how to go out and get a <br />job, they know how to bid on a project, they <br />know how to talk and walk like they need to <br />in order to get and keep a job. <br /> <br />These are jobs that are going to sustain them. <br />They can take our certifications anywhere <br />and get a viable job, starting at $18/hour up <br />to $27/hour. Again, I don’t know if you have <br />our communication in front of you, but we <br /> 12 <br /> <br />