Media Clips

View media coverage of GREAT and the Gulf Coast Workforce Development Initiative.

Post-Katrina Worker Recruitment Program Along Gulf Coast Is Off to a‘GREAT’ Start
Dec. 12, 2007
Angelle Bergeron, Engineering News Record

GREAT beginning: Program trains workers to rebuild Gulf Coast
June 3, 2007
Chris Gautrea, 2TheAdvocate.com

Taking the initiative
November 19, 2006
Royce Armstrong, Hattiesburg American

Program rebuilds now and for the future
October 19, 2006
Pascagoula Mississippi Press

New training for construction workers
October 17, 2006
Mississippi Public Broadcasting

GREAT goal is awareness: Program seeks to train 20,000
October 17, 2006
Biloxi Sun Herald

Construction jobs - training offered
October 17, 2006
The Clarion-Ledger

Job training initiative includes free construction classes
October 16, 2006
WLOX-TV

GREAT program to launch free training
October 17, 2006
Centredaily.com

Program aimed at helping Gulf Coast rebuild
October 17, 2006
KSAT.com

Construction workers needed in Mississippi
October 17, 2006
Fox 10 TV

Barbour says rebuilding suffers because of shortage of workers
October 17, 2006
Dallas News
(Also appeared on KGBT-TV, KRIS-TV, KFDS-TV, KXAN-TV, KTEN-TV)

Miss. coast job initiative: Training Workers
October 16, 2006
Daily Comet
(Also appeared in The Sun-Herald and Times Daily

Filling a need -- pre-existing shortages, post-hurricane cleanup needs have led to the search for more labor
October 10, 2006
Baton Rouge Business Report

Rebuilding the Gulf Coast while building the workforce of tomorrow
October 2006
Business & Industry Connection

New initiative receives positive response from industry, government
October 2006
Business & Industry Connection

Post-Katrina labor crunch hurts builders
September 13, 2006
Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press

Great things are happening in training and education
September 2006
Pelican Chapter News

Razing Hopes and Fears
August 28, 2006
Chad Terhune, Wall Street Journal

Duke Gives $200,000 for Gulf Coast Relief
August 25, 2006
Charlotte Business Journal

20,000 job openings predicted - BRCC starts first classes to train construction workers for coast
August 17, 2006
Chad Calder, 2TheAdvocate.com

New program training construction workers
August 17, 2006
Brett Troxler, 2TheAdvocate.com

Program seeks to recruit and train 20,000 construction workers
August 16, 2006
BusinessReport.com

Help Wanted: 20,000 Employees Needed to Rebuild the Gulf Coast
WAFB Channel 9 (CBS)

Construction Training Initiative
July 31, 2006
ConstruTech

Training initiative to start in Baton Rouge
July 28, 2006
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report

No Housing, No workers; No Workers, No Housing
July 28, 2006
Alan Sayre, Associated Press
(Also appeared on 2TheAdvocate.com)

Business Group Trying to Recruit 20,000 Construction Workers
July 28, 2006
Alan Sayre, Associated Press

Business Roundtable Mention on "Headline News"
July 28, 2006
CNN

Business Roundtable Mention on KRIV-HOU
July 28, 2006
FOX

Business Roundtable Mention on WAGA-ATL
July 28, 2006
FOX