B U I L D Building Urban Industries For Local Development

bioBUILD – an acronym for Building Urban Industries for Local Development – is a social enterprise non-profit contractor and a training program for people who face barriers to employment.We retrofit homes with insulation and high-efficiency toilets as well as water-and-energy-saving devices (showerheads, CFLs, etc). Our work lowers utility bills, employs neighbourhood people, cuts crime, and decreases greenhouse gas emissions.Vision StatementBUILD seeks a Winnipeg where bills in low-income housing are affordable and where the residents who live in this housing have gainful, family-supporting employment.Mission StatementBUILD will contribute towards this vision by training people with limited experience in the formal labour market to retrofit this housing stock in a fashion that reduces poverty and improves the environment.Board membersJerry Woods, Vice-Chair, also serves as the Chair of the Human Rights CommissionGeorge Ryle, Secretary TreasurerMike Wolchock is the General Manager of Pollock's Hardware Co-opNina Larson is a business student at the University of ManitobaRobert Neufeld is the Executive Director at the North End Community Renewal CorporationTricia Dano is the Case Management Coordinator at BUILD Inc.Don Meidem