Construction is booming in Athens but there is one problem. There are not enough workers to fill these jobs. Reporter Ada Spratlin shows us this growing problem and what to expect next.

 

Now Companies like Home Depot have committed fifty million dollars to train twenty thousand tradespeople for the next ten years in order to fill the growing skilled labor gap.

 

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