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Recent Cleveland Municipal School District Grads given opportunity to become union apprenticeships
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2011) In an effort to get younger people involved in the construction trades, the Union Construction Industry Partnership – Apprenticeship Skills Achievement Program (UCIP-ASAP) partnered with Employment Connections and Turner Construction along with its subcontractors on the Medical Mart project, to offer five Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) graduates…
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Environmentalists question waste to energy plant proposed for Ridge Road Transfer Station
by Joe Narkin (Plain Press, June 2011) The City of Cleveland has applied to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for an air permit to build a $180 million waste to energy plant at the Ridge Road trash transfer station. If constructed, the facility would be the first of its kind in the United States. The…