Alabama’s well of experienced construction workers is going dry, so Hoover is backing a plan to train the next generation of home builders.
On Monday the city council approved a $20 fee on residential building permits, with the money to help fund the Central Alabama Home Building Academy.
The academy, which has not yet been built, is a workforce development initiative aimed at stopping the growing skilled labor shortage in construction. Plans for the academy’s physical location are still under consideration, with Hoover identified as a possible site…