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April 24, 2007
Atlantic Yards Construction Training Attracts 70 Participants
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
From a press release?
When the New York State Association of Minority Contractors (NYMSAMC) starts its third round of construction management workshops in Brooklyn on Tuesday, it will have a record 70 participants. The agency, a signatory in the Atlantic Yards Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) with Forest City Ratner Companies and charged with providing technical assistance and education for small contractors, is also providing it to minority- and women-owned Brooklyn businesses.
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Commented Bruce Ratner, CEO, “We are so pleased that participants are beginning to see results and hopeful that more companies are able to compete and thrive because of these programs,” said Ratner. One of these is Sandra Schillingford-Burton, president of Jay San Contracting, who has been using knowledge from the estimating class last fall on her current jobs.
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The twice-weekly classes are free and will run for seven weeks. They are being held at the Medgar Evers College School of Business. For more information, please call (718) 246-8380.
Posted by lumi at April 24, 2007 9:27 AM