Working Together at The Yards
The Yards and Forest City Washington are committed to creating jobs, business and housing opportunities for DC residents during the project’s various phases of development and construction, as well as throughout the ongoing life of the project.
CBE Involvement
Forest City is committed to fostering economic growth and the development of local, small, and disadvantaged business enterprises through business development programs and public/private contract compliance. These small businesses make significant contributions to our local economy through job creation and business expansion. For details online of becoming a certified CBE business in the District of Columbia, go to www.olbd.washingtondc.gov and click on CBE Business Center.
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Mentor Protege Program Opportunities Application deadline: Feb. 29, 2012 Washington DC-certified CBEs are invited and encouraged to become protege companies within Forest City's successful Mentor Protege Program related to the development of the Parcel D/Phase I project (residential/retail complex) at The Yards. Promising building trades companies will be paired with a mentor company in order to expand expertise, skills base and increase capacity for future opportunities. Protege companies skilled in the following trades are encouraged to inquire about becoming involved in this building trades mentor protege program: Sheeting & Shoring Earthwork Dewatering Utilities Displacement Pile Augered Piles Concrete Waterproofing Plumbing Surveying Qualified CBE firms in these trades with an interest in becoming a protege should contact Penni Owens (penniownens@wire2netllc.com or call 202/832-7041). Deadline for inquiring is February 29, 2012.
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To learn more about the potential opportunities available to your certified CBE in some aspect of the design, development and/or construction of The Yards, please contact:
Andre U. Banks
Director of CBE Development
Forest City Washington
phone. 202.496.6600
email. andrebanks@forestcity.net
Equal Housing Opportunity
As an Equal Housing Opportunity development/management firm, Forest City is committed to the letter and spirit of U.S. policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the nation. We encourage and support an affirmative advertising and marketing program in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap or disability, familial status, or national origin.