Norton Says New DCI Washington Training Complex Will Help Provide Trained D.C. Workers For Her Congressional Construction Projects

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will offer remarks at the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for Dynamic Concepts Inc.'s (DCI) new Washington Training Complex today, Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at 10:30 a.m., at 1419 Kenilworth Avenue NE. The complex is a private-public partnership training facility that will focus on providing District of Columbia residents with specialized training in the construction field, including installing gas pipelines, underground electric utilities, and communication conduits.

"I am very pleased to see the opening of this much-needed training facility specializing in the construction trades, particularly because my major work in Congress and its committees has been in bringing construction projects to the city," Norton said. "For example, we need skilled District residents to work on the construction of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) center building at St. Elizabeths, which is underway and will house the DHS secretary and 700 top DHS officials. Just last week, a six-year surface transportation reauthorization bill that I helped write as the top Democrat on the reauthorizing subcommittee moved in Congress and will be on the House floor in November, just in time for construction projects to use trained District workers. Another bill of mine, the Southwest Waterfront Redevelopment Act, is making possible construction of The Wharf, which will need workers for years to come. I look forward to working with the District to ensure interested residents who take advantage of this new training facility can step into jobs in their own city."

After the ceremony, DCI will partner with the D.C. Department of Employment Services to host a career fair to connect job-seeking residents with major utility companies like Washington Gas, Pepco, and Verizon.