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RIVERSIDE COUNTY · INLAND EMPIRE

The region’s growth
should include you.

Build America is creating a pathway for local businesses and workers to take part in Riverside County’s development, connecting project relationships, construction partners and workforce opportunities for the long term.

Developers & Tenants General Contractors Subcontractors Partners

One regional mission. Start with the pathway that fits your business or project.

OUR ROOTS · EMPOWER AMERICA

Built on service.
Growing regional opportunity.

We began with a clear mission: help veterans turn military service into construction careers.

Empower America brought public agencies, labor partners and employers together to create pathways into real work. Build America carries that effort forward, building on its experience, not starting from zero.

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THE MISSION CONTINUES

From military service
to construction careers.

Veterans remain central as Build America expands opportunity for the region’s diverse workforce.

Illustrative Marines in dress blues in a professional courtyard setting with a restrained American flag, representing military service; fictional people, not Empower America participants — Illustrative composite, not actual Empower America participants or historical project photographs. No Marine Corps endorsement is implied.

Illustrative civilian veterans installing commercial metal framing with hard hats, safety glasses, gloves and high-visibility vests; fictional people, not Empower America participants — Illustrative composite, not actual Empower America participants or historical project photographs. No Marine Corps endorsement is implied.

Veterans remain integral.
The opportunity grows wider.

Today, Build America is broadening that mission to the region’s diverse workforce and local businesses. In Riverside County and the Inland Empire, we’re developing connections among economic development leaders, government, developers, tenant representatives, general contractors, trade businesses, unions and training partners.

That coordination helps people and businesses understand requirements, prepare for suitable opportunities and reach the right contacts. These relationships are being built, not a secured backlog or a guarantee of work.

EXPERIENCE THAT SHAPES OUR WORK

Westmont · Los Angeles

At Westmont, Empower America coordinated with unions and the City of Los Angeles around veteran workforce opportunity.

50veterans

Identified, interviewed and approved by Empower America, referred to Laborers Local 300 for union entry and equipment, and placed on the Westmont project.

Turquoise Solar · Reno

On the first phase of Turquoise Solar, supplying energy to Apple Data Center, Empower America partnered with the general contractor on a veterans-hired-first workforce commitment.

Different projects. The same practical work: bringing the right organizations together around workforce opportunity.

EMPOWER AMERICA'S CONTRIBUTION · LOS ANGELES

Helping advance faster solar permitting.

Months to 2 weeks

Permitting timeline under the policy

Empower America helped support the passage of a City of Los Angeles policy that reduced commercial solar permitting timelines from months to two weeks.

Empower America experience that informs how Build America works today.

10 years

Workforce partnership experience

5 states

Geographic reach

Over 1,500 veterans

Trained and placed across multiple projects

PERMITTING & PROJECT READINESS

A shorter path through permitting for Build America partners.

For partners in the Build America network, we help organize requirements, coordinate next steps and identify expedited-review options where a project qualifies.

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