Solar Richmond and East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy

Solar Richmond and East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy - Richmond, CA 

Solar Richmond, a non-profit energy advocacy group committed to serving under-employed people in the “green collar” workforce, forged the partnerships for this program by connecting Richmond BUILD—the City of Richmond’s low-income residential assistance and construction training program, with GRID Alternatives—a licensed electrical contractor which installs solar systems for low-income homeowners and provides solar training.  By forming an alliance with the Ella Baker Center, it partnered with one of the driving forces behind the federal Green Jobs Act and Oakland’s Green Jobs Corps — a groundbreaking city-funded jobs training program is expected to launch in 2008. In its first year, the job training program enrolled 18 people, with all but one completing the training.