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RENEW, REFRESH, AND RECEIVE YOUR BOUNTY!

HOW TO TURN A SMALL OPPORTUNITY INTO A PROFITABLE BUSINESS

Marsha Walker Eastwood

CLEVELAND PUBLIC POWER PROMOTES THE FIRST FEMALE JOURNEYMAN LINEWORKER

In the spring of 2014, Ta'Jahnae Buchanan was a senior at Jane Addams Business Career Center, anxious to graduate from high school but unsure of what was next. She recalls her grandmother showing her a flyer and saying, “I think this is something you would be interested in,” further instructing her to attend the informational session for the Cleveland Public Power Internship-Apprenticeship Program Because she didn't know what a lineman was, she did some research and, from what she learned, said, “This will be fun to learn.”

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