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Iowa Program Introduces Low-Income Women To Heavy Equipment Jobs

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Iowa Workforce Development , IowaWORKS and Hawkeye Community College are using a $75,000 Walmart Foundation grant to introduce low-income Iowa women to high-growth construction jobs.

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Whirlwind Steel’s Blog: Cost-saving ideas in the final Best Construction Blog competition review for 2016

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Whirlwind Steel’s blog — the final blog reviewed for the 2016 Best Construction Blog competition — provides solid advice and ideas. One by one, A to Z (or more accurately, W), I’ve reviewed each blog submitted as a nominee for the 2016 Best Construction Blog competition. Popular voting continues until March 31.

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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts

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Eleven million people in this country are paying more than half of their income for rent, and these are low-income people,” says Richard Burns, CEO of the NHP Foundation, a national not-for-profit provider of affordable housing. Affordable housing is housing built for people who earn 80% or less of the area median income (AMI).

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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By Business Facilities Editorial Staff From the March/April 2016 Issue. Our 2016 awards include recognition for the locations that have led the way in smart-grid modernization, innovative funding for infrastructure projects, renewable energy breakthroughs and new tools for supporting startups and entrepreneurs.

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A New Wave of Intentional Communities

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The East Wind Community is hidden deep in the Ozarks of southern Missouri and calls itself an “income-sharing, egalitarian community” They have 1,145 acres of largely undeveloped highland forest. The number of intentional communities nearly doubled between 2010 and 2016 to roughly 1,200. photo credit…George Etheredge.

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New Report Illuminates Global Work Opportunities, Disruptions

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Supported by a grant from The Rockefeller Foundation, the report encapsulates a year-long study of forecasts for work and working populations. “But not enough focus on the changes that people who have low incomes or are otherwise vulnerable and marginalized may experience. .

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STATE FOCUS: Florida – Let The Sun Shine

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According to the Florida & Metro Forecast 2013–2016 , published in April by the Institute for Economic Competitiveness (College of Business Administration, University of Central Florida), Florida’s economic future also looks bright. percent in 2016. percent by the end of 2016. percent during 2013 to 2016. percent).”.

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