Upper Tampa Bay Manufacturing Group dinner student apprenticeship
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The county’s agenda for Board of County Commissioners, Oct 6, 2020
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Yeah, um I have two things I wanna bring up. Um first I just wanted to Share with you that um I attended a uh an annual event. It's a manufacturing dinner for the um Upper Tampa Bay Manufacturing Group, which are manufacturers from Hernando, Pasco, and Pinellas County. And I try and go every year. That's the one that gave me the award for manufacturing friend of the year or something a few years ago. But um I sponsor a uh scholarship kind of award
for the um student apprenticeship or uh person of the year who's gone through uh one of our training programs. And I just wanted to share with you that the other night we actually had uh two two um graduates of our boot camp were nominated. And I'm I'm sorry I can't remember the story of the first one. I'm sure it was touching, but the second one Just brought us all to tears in a standing ovation. So and I cannot remember his name, but it was a gentleman who literally
was uh living in the woods. He was a homeless vet. Um some social worker uh brought him to us. He went to our program. Um he was in our foos first boot camp. He got hired by uh a very good manufacturing company that's already given him a raise. And You could see his picture. They showed it when he graduated from our boot camp and now three to four months later. Um How
his whole I mean he looks like a different man. Literally. I mean you it was just it was just so moving and um Now has it lives in a house and he said and I have a girlfriend. and and his life is just off and running and the company was there. uh who talked very highly of him and our program. So I just want to thank you again. for um what what we are doing for people with our We were really changing lives, um, helping with this workforce training. So So
that's one thing. Um so uh the other thing is that I wanted to update the board. That the contamination on the Gulf Harbor's golf course has been remediated by the sellers. And run through a little little history. Of uh where we are. So I think it was even before 215, because I've now been commissioner. for eight years and they came to me as soon as I got elected. Um The the Gulf Harbors Community Association they came to the county and they asked for help with a solution that would get the golf course