CHAD PRESENTS SCHOLARSHIPS TO BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY CLASS

On, January 14th, 2020, the Community Housing Association of Dodge City (CHAD) will present seven scholarships to students in the Building Construction Technology class. Spring 2021 is the fourth year CHAD presented students with scholarships. Students receiving scholarships are Angel Miguel Guzman Rodriguez, Diego Lorenzo, Domanic Andres Enriquez, Joel Negrete-Chavez, Maximo Avalos, Roberto Millan-Lopez, and Ty Robert Bacon.

The Dodge City Community College Building Construction Technology Program and CHAD partner to build new moderate-income housing units every year. This year, we are building a single-family house at 1601 Mulberry Circle. The house will contain 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a one car garage. The students began construction in October and will finish in May 2021.  The students build the house from the ground up, learning all aspects of construction. We partner with local businesses where we need licensed contractors for the HVAC, electrical and plumbing. “We are lucky to have such great contractors in Dodge City who are willing to teach the students their trade while providing their service” said Mollea Wainscott, Housing Coordinator for the Dodge City/Ford County Development Corporation. “It’s beneficial to the students to learn the licensed trades along with the general construction.” 

This partnership allows the Community Housing Association of Dodge City to accomplish three things; building additional housing units, training our future workforce and cleaning up blighted neighborhoods. This is the fifth year that CHAD and the college have partnered together to build new housing, previous new builds include a duplex on Westlawn, Brier and Avenue E and new houses on Mulberry Circle and Elm Street.  More information regarding the program and pictures of the construction can be found on the DC3 Construction Technology Facebook page or at www.dodgedev.org/housing.