Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and District 5 City Commissioner Daisy W. Lynum will host a networking session for contractors building the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and residents who have applied for employment through the City’s BLUEPRINT Employment Office. Event attendees will receive details about the Dr. Phillips Center and how they can take advantage of employment opportunities constructing the project.
The BLUEPRINT Employment Office is a one-stop location designed to help residents overcome barriers to employment. Since the office opened, more than 1,900 Central Floridians have found work through the BLUEPRINT Employment Office.
With the plan to construct a new performing arts center and events center and renovation to the Citrus Bowl, the City developed the BLUEPRINT initiative to set standards for employment and training opportunities for Parramore residents, the homeless and ex-offenders on the projects. Tradesmen and laborers who worked on the Amway Center will be given the opportunity to be the first workers on the Dr. Phillips Center project.
When:
The “Kick-off to Jobs” event will be held on Monday, June 6, 2011 at 5:30 p.m.
Where:
At the Draft Global Lounge & Grille located at 301 West Church Street, Orlando.
About the project:
Construction of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts is expected to fuel an estimated $315 million into the local economy in the first stage of the project alone. The Dr. Phillips Center will be a state-of-the-art center and is part of the City’s $1.1 billion Venues project which includes the new Amway Center, and renovations to the Florida Citrus Bowl.
For further information:
Contact Heather Fagan, Mayor Dyer’s Press Secretary, (407) 246-3423.
