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Mayor Walsh Updates Jobs Policy Due to Boston’s Construction Boom Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced an increase in employment standards for the Boston Residents Jobs Policy (BRJP) and Boston Employment Commission (BEC) as part of an ongoing effort to create more employment opportunities for Boston residents, persons of color and women. The new standards address the need to create more inclusive employment opportunities during the third largest construction boom in Boston’s history. “The success of Boston’s growing economy relies upon our ability to open the doors of opportunity to all our residents, and remove barriers causing economic inequity throughout our city,” said Walsh. “We must work to ensure
that the construction industry reflects both the great talent and the great diversity Boston has to offer. By setting new goals for ourselves, we honor our commitment to creating a more prosperous, more inclusive city.” Since its creation in 1983, the Boston Residents Jobs Policy has been the city of Boston’s signature policy for ensuring resident employment on city sponsored, privately funded and federally mandated development projects within city limits. The updated ordinance requires, for the first time, that Boston residents represent a majority on each of the see JOBS page 18
John Deere Equipment Clears Way for Oakridge Dairy LLC Expansion A venerable Connecticut dairy farm has some big plans and is enlisting the help of a respected contractor and a sizable fleet of John Deere equipment. Adolph Bahler, an Illinois native, moved to Connecticut in the late 1800s to pursue his dream of starting his own farm. That dream came to life when he purchased a farm in Connecticut and began raising dairy cattle and growing potatoes and tobacco under the name of Bahler Farm. By the early 1900s, the farm was being managed by second-generation family The power of this 1050K dozer equipped with TopCon technology promembers John and Gottfried Bahler, who vides Pierce Builders’ operators with flawless efficiency. Its size also began to expand the farm by purchasing allows Pierce Builders to move the machine with one truck. land and farms in surrounding towns. At that time, they decided to phase out of crop production Farm. They decided to add Oakridge Farm, which was located at 33 Jobs Hill Road, Ellington, Conn., into the operations and transitioned the farm into mostly dairy production. By the 1950s, Bahler Farm was being managed by the of Bahler Farm. In 2015, Bahler Farm and Oakridge Farm merged to form third-generation family members, Ken, Owen and Corbin Bahler. The farm was then milking 60 dairy cows in Oakridge Dairy LLC. Since then, Oakridge Dairy spent an entire year visiting and researching other dairy farms Ellington, Conn., and 40 cows in Tolland, Conn. In the 1970s, fourth-generation family members Vern, throughout the United States in order to collaborate a plan to Ron, Dave, Glenn and Dan Bahler were managing Bahler see dAIrY page 8