Green Opportunities

06/03/2021

This is why programs like GO Corps are so important! We are grateful to the Citizen-Times for running this. There is so much work to do.

A study by UNC students showed communities with large Black populations are more at-risk environmentally than white areas.

06/02/2021

SolFarm has partnered with Green Opportunities (GO) in Asheville, NC to train and employ invididuals from marginalized communities.

06/01/2021

Our June Newsletter!

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05/25/2021

GO is excited to announce The Corps Network has approved funding for our "GO Corps" green jobs training through service program for the upcoming year.

More details coming very soon, but we are excited to share projects to increase green infrastructure in the community while preparing 12 Corpsmembers for careers in green trades.

05/24/2021

We are excited to announce our Board has approved our new 2021-2024 Strategic Plan, "Returning to Roots."

We have included a 1-page infographic summary, as well as the full plan, in the link below. We hope you will take a look and join us in this work!

More big news coming tomorrow...

"Returning to Roots" - GO Strategic Plan 2021-24:

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:0303b308-bbe9-4376-9dcb-0578a9347a66

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05/24/2021

Hi all,

Lots of good news to share this week!

We'll start with this press release from our friends at SolFarm Solar Co. about their hiring of Trades Academy trainees!

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05/12/2021

Bunch of pics here highlighting the good work of our Trades Academy trainees, and our employer partners. Some shots of interview sessions, also our solar trainees finishing their first job with SolFarm Solar Co. Thanks also to YMI, AB Tech, JM Leadership, Umoja Health and Wellness, Haynes Electric, and TP Howard's Plumbing, for their partnership and support of the Academy.

05/04/2021

Hi all, we're sharing this opportunity from two of our partners, Green Built Alliance and Asheville Housing Authority.

The Housing Authority of Asheville (HACA) has hired Energy Savers Network for the next two months as a pilot program that may open up the door to more units with them in the future. It will be quick easy work:

04/28/2021

Trades Academy moves into Day 3 today. Our group has already made great strides...goal-setting, personal mission statements, career assessments, workplaces safety (OSHA) classes, leadership training, and discussions around greatness and persistence. Excited to finish the week with resume and cover letter work with AB Tech, mock interviews with employers, and wellness recovery action planning with our friends at Umoja. Thanks to JM Leadership, Naber Consulting, Southside Kitchen, Bruce Browder, YMI/Operation Gateway, Philip Cooper, GO Staff, and Dogwood Health Trust for supporting this effort.

04/23/2021

We have bumped our Earth Day Erskine Clean-Up and Cookout back one week to May 1 to avoid the rain tomorrow. Hope to see you next Saturday!

Also, congrats to the graduates of our most recent Sewing training! Thanks to Ms. Julia and all of our students for their hard work!

04/23/2021

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04/21/2021

GO is back!

We are excited to restart training, in partnership with the YMI, when we launch our Trades Academy on Monday, the 26th.

You’ll see frequent updates on this cohort over the next few days. We are fortunate, through a grant from Dogwood Health, to be able to pour into this group and prepare them for a career over the next weeks.

Big shoutout to our friends at Southside Kitchen, who will be donating lunches to Academy participants next week.

We are fortunate to have the community rally to support these training members!

Photo credit: Citizen-Times