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Green jobs, green city: a special report

Posted on 06. Jun, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.

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The economy may be recovering, but you wouldn’t know it in Mott Haven, Melrose and Port Morris, where, officially, one of every five adults is unemployed, a number that overlooks many undocumented immigrants and ignores those who have given up on looking for work or taken part-time jobs because they can’t find full-time employment. But [...]

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SoBro gets students ready for green economy

SoBro gets students ready for green economy

Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by Alex Green IV.

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The adage “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” is being given new meaning by a group of high school seniors working with SoBRO, the South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation. The students are starting a fashion business that will recycle hand-me-down clothing and plastic soda containers to make handbags, pencil holders and change purses. [...]

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Will city pull plug on help for Port Morris business?

Will city pull plug on help for Port Morris business?

Posted on 03. Jun, 2010 by Emily Lavin.

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The city is moving to eliminate funds for a program to help manufacturing businesses in Port Morris, leaving their proprietors worried that in the midst of an economic downturn they are losing an important source of support. The cuts proposed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg would eliminate the staff members of non-profit organizations who help businesses [...]

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Proposed budget cuts threaten adult education

Proposed budget cuts threaten adult education

Posted on 27. May, 2010 by Joe Hirsch.

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Pending cuts to the city’s budget threaten to derail long-running adult literacy programs across the five boroughs, taking some of Gotham’s poorest down with them, advocates fear. The Mayor’s proposed budget for 2011 would eliminate over $5 million in funding for adult literacy services, which if combined with the Governor’s proposed $2.6 million reduction, would [...]

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Earth Fest reaches out with music and games

Earth Fest reaches out with music and games

Posted on 12. May, 2010 by Nick Loomis.

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Legendary emcee Grandmaster Caz has been packing parties in the South Bronx since 1974, but none quite like the one at St. Mary’s Park in Mott Haven for this year’s Earth Day on April 24. .   Soundslide by Nick Loomis By noon on the beautiful spring day, the crowd was already dancing to the [...]

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Grant promises unemployed 300 ‘green jobs’

Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.

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The recipient of a $4 million federal grant is promising that 300 unemployed residents of Hunts Point, Longwood, Mott Haven, Melrose and Port Morris will find jobs under a new training program for “green” jobs. The Consortium for Worker Education will use the money to establish a Center for Environmental Workforce Training to teach both [...]

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Mott Haven job programs offer hope

Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by Joe Hirsch.

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Two programs to help residents find jobs received hopeful news in January. The Disconnected Youth Training Program and the Entrepreneurial Development Program, both run by Mott Haven based non-profit SoBRO, each received funding to help economically strapped local residents improve their prospects for earning a living wage.

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