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Civic Engagement Component: Participating in community, civic and related industry meetings and site tours. Recent milestones include.
Third Street Corridor/Mission Bay Neighborhood. Partnerships, Collaborations, and Internships. Over the last five years, the Third Street corridor has been a priority area for CIWI interns to study and explore. In partnership with our guest speakers and site tours, CIWI interns have learned about its history and its importance in the economic development and growth from maritime to railway uses to now be designed and constructed as a world class destination including residential communities, UCSF’s Mission Bay’s medical campus and growing footprint, Chase Center, art facilities, and so much more.
San Francisco’s Housing Market, with an emphasis on Affordable Housing and HOPE SF Communities. Over the years, CIWI has convened numerous site tours and guest speakers, to learn about the local housing market. From guest speakers including Housing Action Coalition to USF faculty members teaching our interns about gentrification, to touring two HOPE SF developments (2024) (Sunnydale and Hunters View, Phase 3) –our interns secure a solid overview of the local housing market, including supplies and constraints, that impact the number of units that ultimately get delivered each year.
San Francisco Infrastructure. Water, Power, Sewer. CIWI has also focused its CE+S summer events to learn about the city’s infrastructure program ---with an eye on PUC and all of the work underway in District 10, including PUC’s Southeast Treatment Plant. We have toured these District 10 facilities over the years, attended events at both the original Southeast Community Center and now at the new beautiful facility located on Evans Street. CIWI interns have participated in numerous Future Fair events, toured PUC’s Golden Gate headquarters (LEED learning event) and our multi-year collaboration with Emerson/Montez Group, at Bruce Flynn Pump Station.
What is CIWI?
CIWI is a fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives (a 501c(3)) and a privately funded initiative targeted to young urban adults (18 to 21 years old and enrolled in a two- to four-year college) from lower-income households, many that are first generation Bay Area college students. The program is committed to providing career development opportunities for students with an interest in Construction, Real Estate Development, Architecture and Engineering, Civic Engagement and Urban Design.
CIWI goals are to provide direct construction industry work experience, a comprehensive leadership and mentor component, personal, educational and career development opportunities for young adults which may ultimately lead to pursuing education and career opportunities within the field.
These young adults have been largely unrepresented in our industry at the professional level. CIWI’s goal is to provide assistance and promote a path to long term employment in the Construction industry.