BIA FOUNDATION
BIA Foundation Finding New Ways to Support Workforce Development
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JON MELCHI
BIA Executive Director
n this issue of Building Insider, you will see articles about the different Committees and Councils within the BIA and the priorities of those groups. Without question a recurring theme is workforce development.
overarching goal was to support efforts to grow the pool of workers and help our members retain those workers, then individual scholarships were not necessarily the most effective route for doing so.
In some cases, that means attracting new people to the industry and in others it may mean engaging our current employees and making sure that they are connected to the industry at large and have professional development opportunities.
As such, after careful consideration, the program has been halted in 2022 as the Foundation continues to look for new ways to support our next generation of workers. Your contribution to the Foundation can go a long way in helping us maintain our support and to invest in new programs.
You can help tackle these challenges through your time, your talent and yes, your treasure. One of the charges of the BIA Foundation is to serve as a conduit for the BIA in workforce development matters and financially supporting efforts and programs which can best serve our industry. For years the BIA annually ran a scholarship program that provided individual scholarships to students seeking careers in related industries. After much deliberation, the Foundation determined that if our
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As you consider your charitable contributions, I sincerely hope that you will keep the BIA Foundation, and your industry, in mind.
