Governor Tina Kotek has announced that Andre Bealer has joined the administration as her Director of Equity and Racial Justice. Bealer most recently served as the Workforce Equity Program Manager for Metro.
The goal is to increase the number of Black people in the construction industry so we can keep that money in our own Black communities. It takes a village and people have to start somewhere. That somewhere is NAMC.
LeChase Construction, based in Rochester, has been seeking a taxpayer grant – $260 million, according to two sources – to cover cost overruns, stating that it otherwise risks financial collapse.
Thursday, December 21 on Urban Forum Northwest on 1150 AM KKNW/www.1150kknw.com on Alexa and my podcast 2:00-3:00 pm (PST) my scheduled guest for the hour are: