The Central Alabama Home Building Academy is a new workforce development in Hoover that offers a free training course to eligible participants age 17 and older. The program will teach the participants construction trades like plumbing, HVAC, electrical work, and more. The residential trade program will use a new $20 fee from residential building permits to fund the training, modeled after a successful initiative in Huntsville. The aim is to increase the number of knowledgeable trade workers, which will lead to better affordability in the long-run and open doors to meaningful career paths for the next generation. Read the minutes of the Hoover City Council meeting where they approved it on hooveralabama.gov. 

This article was originally published in April Issue.