FISH student housing officially unveiled with ribbon cutting Friday in Carson City
On Friday, a ribbon cutting celebration was held to unveil the finished student housing project on South Carson Street, which was built to offer affordable housing to college students and their families.
The student housing project dormitories are an extension of FISH’s program FastForward4Families, which allows underemployed individuals the chance to pursue higher education through a technical training program at Western Nevada College, while assisting with rent and living expenses.
The student housing project not only will help the students and the workforce, but will help the next generation as well according to FISH Executive Director Jim Peckham.
“80 percent of individuals who are interested (in the project) are single parents,” Peckham said.
When children see their parents working on school work, they too will work harder on their own studies, according to Peckham.
The dormitories are available first to individuals within FISH’s program, either at a highly reduced cost or even free and secondly to currently enrolled WNC students. Any units left will be made available to any individual who is currently attending college, whether a regional school like the University of Nevada, Reno or online.
The building facing the street is the commercial building which will house several local businesses. This will also provide job opportunities to students in the dormitories, and is nearing its completion.
To learn more, or to donate, please visit http://www.nvfish.com/