Many buildings are being bought, demolished,
rehabbed by the Comer Foundation. This site across from the school on 72nd
St. will be turned into a parking lot for the teachers so the current lot can
be made into a playground for the children. The Comer Foundation is
establishing its own building company that is going to use local residents
who want to be a part of the change in their own neighborhood. The Foundation
is paying for them to become part of PACT (Pre-Apprenticeship Training
Program) a city program which teachers residents basic building and
rehabbing skills necessary to obtain an union apprenticeship. Anyone who
completes the program successfully will be guaranteed a year position
rebuilding the neighborhood.
