Pittsburgh Event Pays Immediate Dividends For WWW

“When We Work The Waterways held an industry interaction day in Pittsburgh October 21, for executive director Errin Howard, it was like going back to where it all began. Back in 2011, Pittsburgh hosted the very first Who Works The Rivers event, which was a forerunner of We Work The Waterways’ industry interaction days.

In October, just as 14 years ago, the Waterways Association of Pittsburgh was a key sponsor of the event, with Pittsburgh’s Gateway Clipper Fleet hosting high school students who spent the day on a passenger vessel touring the city’s three rivers and discovering the opportunities available to them in the maritime industry.

Amazingly, the students who turned out for the industry interaction day last month were just toddlers when that first group of Pittsburgh high schoolers were in their place.Howard said the October 21 event drew about 160 students from five area high schools” …

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