Today the class spent 2 hours getting trained in the use of power tools at Community Land Trust of Schenectady.  CLTS is an affordable housing agency in our city that helps low to moderate income families become homeowners, using the landtrust model.  I’ve been on their board of directors for a number of years and have great admiration for Bev Burnett, the executive director.  The land trust model has the benefit of keeping housing affordable for the long term in changing markets. It also provides support for new home owners who often struggle to cope with the demands of home ownership.

For the past 2 years, Bev has done a workshop for the service miniterm class in which the students get to practice using the types of tools they’ll use in Louisiana.  Many of them have never used these before.  It was great to see their confidence and skill grow over the short 2-hour workshop.

I’ve posted photos of them at work in the link to my Picasa site at the right. You will see focussed hard work they do.  No captions yet, but I may have time for that while we are on the road.