Worker shortage, housing crisis: Edmonds tiny home project aims at both
EVERETT — From a perch atop a ladder in the Edmonds College Advanced Manufacturing Skills Center, Ellie Fongemie’s occasional bursts of laughter rang out between loud thwacks of her nail gun Monday.
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This is the second group of students to build a tiny home as their core project for the program, which started in October 2021. Before, pre-apprentices would practice their skills by making Adirondack chairs, picnic tables or garden sheds. But earlier this year, the skills center contracted with LIHI and the pre-apprenticeship nonprofit ANEW to complete three tiny homes by June 2023.
Under the contract, the nonprofits supply materials and a small amount for work stipends to pay the students, and the students commit to the work.
“This allows them to come to Edmonds College, learn, get paid for the tiny home and then also give back to the community,” Farnum said.
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