Takin' Care of Business
Release Date: Wednesday, July 1st 2009
The Downtown BID is delighted to welcome a fresh crop of summer interns as part of a cooperative arrangement with the DC Department of Employment Services' Summer Youth Employment Program.
This year, nine interns are working throughout the organization over the next several weeks to learn critical real-world skills and gain valuable workplace experience. All DC residents, they are providing project support, working on economic development and transportation surveys, auditing street banners, collecting recycling program data, helping to maintain the BID website and assisting with BID-related events and placemaking projects.
The students are enrolled in colleges or engaged in career explorations from Pennsylvania to South Carolina. They are:
- Antoinette Barksdale – Bowie State University (Psychology)
- Andre Ford – AI University (Culinary Arts)
- Brittany Franklin – Benedict College (English)
- Kelly Green – University of the District of Columbia (Criminal Justice)
- Keyanna Hymes – Delaware State University (Social Work)
- Kirk Jones – University of Pittsburgh (Computer Science)
- Bernadette Palmer – Penn State University (Nursing)
- Nicolas Perry – Norfolk State (Computer Science)
- Thomeisha Peterson – University of Maryland Eastern Shore (Business Administration/Finance)
The Downtown BID is proud to give these young people the opportunity to gain skills necessary to compete successfully in today’s labor market, and we want to ensure that they have a very productive and meaningful experience. The organization also benefits from their contributions and youthful enthusiasm.
