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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...