As has been the case since the program's founding, SummerWorks helped facilitate a variety of work-based learning experiences for youth this season.
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2016 Mayor's SummerWorks Annual Report
As we ramp up for another season of making connections, providing opportunities, and helping to prepare Louisville's youth for lifelong career success, we reflected back on 2016 and created our first-ever annual report.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE 2016 MAYOR'S SUMMERWORKS ANNUAL REPORT
SummerWorks 2016 a success with more employers, thousands of jobs for youth
Last Thursday, Mayor Greg Fischer announced that more than 4,200 young people ages 16-21 – many of them lower income or disadvantaged – were placed in jobs by SummerWorks this year. And more than 110 companies and organizations partnered with the city and KentuckianaWorks to provide those jobs.
Watch the full SummerWorks 2016 press conference below, which features remarks from Mayor Fischer, JCPS Superintendent Dr. Hargens, President and CEO of Greater Louisville Inc. Kent Oyler, and some of the program's top employers and youth participants.
You can also scroll through a gallery of photos from the event below.
