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ICPI launches digital campaign to grow workforce

The Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute is launching a new campaign targeting young adults to consider hardscaping as a career path.

A proposed bill would help schools fund hands-on training to introduce students to trades. (Photo: Auremar, Dreamstime)

A proposed bill would help schools fund hands-on training to introduce students to trades.

Students actively learning to saw, tile, drill, plaster and paint (Photo: Colorado Homebuilding Academy)

The Colorado Homebuilding Academy aims to bring workers to the industry and purpose to students.

Colorado Homebuilding Academy instructor Mark Babcock with students (Photo: Povy Kendal Atchison)

Even if students don’t join the industry, a valuable byproduct of the Academy’s work is reducing dropout rates.