PUSHing ahead, as City Hall drags heels
This is more very good news from PUSHBuffalo about creatively battling poverty . . . as Byron Brown drags his heels on the long overdue Plan-to-Make-a-Poverty-Plan by Deputy Mayor Donna Brown.
From ARTVOICE (watch Video)
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http://video.artvoice.com/artvoicetv...ink=0000000738
WNY AmeriCorps and PUSH Buffalo to Announce Major Inner-City Job Training Initiative
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Push Buffalo and WNY Americorps came out today to announce the availability of 60 paid training positions in housing renovation for out-of-school individuals between the ages of 16 and 24 as well as dates for two open houses for interested applicants. The positions will be funded through the Federal YouthBuild program, which combines on-site construction training with daily GED classes for high-school dropouts in neighborhoods with high poverty rates.
The 60 trainees will serve with WNY AmeriCorps on housing renovation projects sponsored by PUSH Buffalo and other community-based partners. Trainees will begin renovating two vacant West Side houses in October. The first training site, a house at 10 Winter Street, will include many "green design" features, including geothermal heating and solar paneling, providing trainees with broad exposure to cutting-edge environmentally-friendly construction techniques.
Applications can be fllled on Thursday August 27th at 10 Oak Street in downtown Buffalo for more information please visit
http://www.pushbuffalo.org/ and
http://www.wnyamericorps.org
Bflo: Highest Elect rates in US?
Tony:
I partly agree with your concern, but sadly Bflo electricity rates are among the highest in the US . . due to NYS govt ineptitude & corruption, and inner-city houses are notoriously energy-inefficient, draining the limited resources Bflo's poor even further.
Hopefully, experimenting with new energy technologies may force reforms at the NYS govt level.
