Richmond BUILD Pre-apprenticeship Construction Skills & Green Jobs Training Academy was first developed to create employment and career opportunities for Richmond, CA residents and also to implement a strategy for reducing violence in their community. Richmond BUILD was established in April 2007 and has quickly become a model of effective and broad public/private partnership that is focused on developing talent and skills in the high wage construction and renewable energy fields.
 
This marketing video shows how a collaborative can build a training program that is changing lives.  Let us know what you think and do you have a program that you'd like to share?