By Dillon Scott
Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb has been working on programs that will impact many community colleges including Tri-C. Bibb has put many things into motion in order to help lower income households and students with lower education get into colleges. In particular, he has worked to reduce emissions through a more accessible and walkable downtown to develop a more equal opportunistic community.
Bibb’s personal experience growing up in a low income household made the goal of reaching this equality particularly important to him. “My life experience being a working class kid, everyday I’m trying to tackle social barriers to make it better for the next generation.”
To help more families get their children into colleges, Mayor Justin Bibb is working closely with Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD). Bibb aims to make it a point that every high school student has an outlet when they graduate whether it be in the armed forces, college education, a trade, or just any beneficial job after high school graduation.
Through Bibb’s advocacy, and the help of CMSD, the city is working to strengthen the youth through developing skills and interest. This is achieved through programs in high schools throughout the city. This to encourage students to pick up a worthwhile interest that can further develop into a career with a ten-million dollar investment to get the project into motion. Bibb goes on to explain, “Anything from construction jobs, or weatherizing homes, or installing solar panels, or laying down fiber in our neighborhoods, making sure that as we build up a future, Cleveland residents but especially Cleveland youth are getting trained for jobs in the future.”
Bibb’s focus on building skills among the youth, will impact community colleges throughout the area. With a focus on these better careers, more affordable colleges, such as Tri-C, will see an increase in enrollment. Tri-C’s dedication to students along with a push in meaningful fields of study will lead to many young people having a larger impact on both the area and the world. That potential impact is only possible through programs like the ones Bibb has implemented.
