WHITESTOWN — Whitestown is providing free transportation to warehouses in the town to help people looking for work overcome transportation barriers to available jobs, officials said.
Factories in Whitestown need employees, but potential workers often face problems getting there, so the Whitestown Connector will bring people to Whitestown and will start at Lafayette Square Mall in Indianapolis.
“We have had a substantial growth in the industrial sector, and we can’t supply all of those jobs locally, so you know we need that additional assistance to get you know as many folks to these jobs as possible,” Todd Barker, director of development services for Whitestown, said.
The Whitestown Economic Improvement Board is funding the Whitestown Connector after employers said transportation was needed. With the connector, that transportation doesn’t cost riders a dime.
“We wanted to make it completely free because we wanted it to be available to anyone that wanted to ride, make that a simple decision, and get them connected to these higher-paying jobs,” Amanda Meyer, assistant director and mobility manager for CIRTA, said…