Business View Magazine | April 2019

167 about the first month of 2016, but since then, it’s leveled off and turned around.” In another attempt to support the local work- force, the city has established an internship program that pays up to $1,000 a summer or $500 a semester for young workers to intern at local factories. “We’re trying to get more col- lege skill sets in the doors of local industries, here,” says Kitchell. “It’s a way for young people and non-traditional students to get into the workplace because companies need workers.” “We’ve had 62 interns that the city has funded over the past two-plus years,” adds Cuppy. “The one great handicap we have right now