Reusing Yesterday's Buildings for Tomorrow
Dayton Works Plus
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Dayton Works Plus
Dayton Works Plus is a partnership formed by East End Community Services, PowerNet of Dayton and Architectural Reclamation Company also known as ARC (a private architectural reclamation business).
The goals of Dayton Works Plus are to employ and train (hard to place) entry level workers, including returning ex-offenders, and chronically unemployed with multiple barriers, for on-going jobs; divert materials from the landfills and promote green practices; and, create spin-off businesses (furniture, sheds, picnic tables, outbuilding construction) with recycled materials, and eventually establish related businesses including landscaping, asbestos and lead abatement, weatherization, etc. that will add employment opportunities in our community.
Dayton Works Plus developed out of a need to create new jobs at a point in time where unemployment had rose to more than 13% in the city of Dayton and thousands of manufacturing jobs had been lost.
The three crews of workers are trained on OSHA rules and regulations as well as job soft skills training. The workers are then trained to perform deconstruction. Each piece of lumber or trim has nails removed with a denailing gun and the structure is taken apart with care to preserve as much wood as possible.
The salvaged materials include oak, fir, pine and other valuable woods as well as cabinets, doors, windows, trim, architectural features, fireplace mantels, and framing lumber. The deconstruction process also saves limestone foundations that are cut up into stones that can be used for landscaping.
The salvaged materials are transported to the Community Store of St. Vincent de Paul which is the new Deconstruction Depot. Workers are also trained in customer relations, marketing of deconstruction materials both in the store and with potential bulk customers, inventory management, e-commerce, basic photography and updating web pages to reflect inventory for sale.
Workers are provided with ongoing case management and other support services to enhance job retention and career mobility. Dayton Works Plus offers a career ladder for workers into team leader and supervisor positions as well as training in other occupations. Specialized services are designed to assist persons participating in the program who have a history of employment issues or other problems that make job retention difficult.
Persons complete job soft skills training prior to placement that includes addressing:
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issues with co-workers/supervisors
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customer relations
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punctuality/attendance
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job performance
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problem solving issues that interfere with work performance
East End Community Services provides training to individuals on a group and individual basis. PowerNet provides services that address the unique needs of ex-offenders.
East End Community Services 624 Xenia Avenue Dayton, OH 45410
Phone 937-259-1898 FAX: 937-259-1897 Email: ajomantas@east-end.org