WEISBURG LANDSCAPING AND PPCC HONORED AT GOVERNOR’S MANSION

images: top - Earnest Hughes accepted the GSJH award on behalf of Pikes Peak Community College.
bottom - Eric Moroski, owner, and Michelle Graham, youth program director with the award presented to Weisburg Landscape Maintenance for their support of the Youth Summer Job Hunt program.

Weisburg Landscaping and Pikes Peak Community College Help Youth Gain Work Experience


Colorado Springs, CO - The Pikes Peak Workforce Center announced that Weisburg Landscape Maintenance and Pikes Peak Community College were recently honored at the 2009 Governor’s Summer Job Hunt reception at the Governor’s mansion for their participation in helping youths from Colorado Springs gain work experience.

Weisburg Landscape Maintenance is a local company that serves the Colorado Springs community with professionalism, integrity and beautiful landscapes. The owners, Jeff Weisburg and Eric Moroski, have been operating since 1999 and through that time have given back to the local community with charities like Partners in Housing, Care and Share, local church projects, and more recently working with Pikes Peak Workforce Center and the Governor’s Summer Job Hunt. Weisburg Landscape Maintenance is committed to thoroughly training and grooming all of its employees, young and old, for meaningful careers in the green industry.

Pikes Peak Community College provided work experience jobs for 16 youths in the Information Technology (IT) Department. PPCC was one of the first employers to approach the Youth program and developed training opportunities for young people and internships that would be springboards to career paths. A formal mentorship program was put in place and the youths were encouraged to take advantage of the educational opportunities at each campus. As a result, many of the youths who were not planning to attend college have now decided to do so.

“The relationship between PPCC and PPWFC has been a productive one with each entity striving to provide the training needed so that our young people can have successful careers,” says Michelle Graham, director of youth programs at PPWFC.

At the reception, Eric Moroski of Weisburg and Earnest Hughes from PPCC each received a plaque inscribed, “Young people can develop into confident, creative and intelligent leaders if the opportunities to succeed are available. By investing in these critical years, you have greatly affected the future of our communities.”

The Governor’s Summer Job Hunt program was established in 1981 to help Colorado’s youth successfully transition from school to work by matching skills and interests with employment opportunities.