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It’s with pride that we say “best wishes” to our incredible Crew Supervisor, Stephen Berkey, who will be transitioning into a new role as the Building Value Construction Training Program Instructor at the Easterseals Redwood main office in Walnut Hills. Starting this month, Stephen will be providing one-on-one instruction to new cohorts entering the construction training...

Kenneth Heard is a graduate of the Building Value job training program, which is one of many social enterprises that works with the Urban Workforce Development Initiative, UWDI for short. UWDI’s mission is to remove barriers to employment, which range from the lack of reliable transportation, financial hardship, to problems at home. “I’ve been trying...

CINCINNATI, OH – Sept. 4, 2024—Building Value, a social enterprise powered by Easterseals Redwood, and Messer Construction Co. recently celebrated a significant milestone for the Urban Workforce Development Initiative: the 100th placement of an individual from Cincinnati’s urban core in a construction career. Since its inception in 2016 as an innovative component of the Cincinnati...