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Council highlights Habitat home closings and Microsoft-backed tech lab in human-services update
Summary
Council members described a Habitat for Humanity open house that welcomed local homeowners and praised a new Tech Lab developed with Microsoft to provide technology training for human-services clients, with links to DMACC job training.
Council members reported on community programs during the Mayor/Council/Manager updates, spotlighting Habitat for Humanity home closings and a new technology-training partnership with Microsoft.
Councilman Trevillion called the Habitat open house "a phenomenal event" and said three West Des Moines families — part of a larger group of nine homeowners from the metro — were celebrated. Council members described sweat-equity participation by city officials and staff and said new homeowners expressed excitement about living in West Des Moines.
Separately, council members described a new Tech Lab created in partnership with Microsoft and the city’s human-services department. The mayor said the program will provide technology training for clients and could link to DMACC workforce training, potentially leading to data-center and related jobs in West Des Moines.
Nut graf: Council presented the items as examples of programs that advance housing stability and workforce readiness: Habitat home ownership as an example of local housing programs in practice, and the Microsoft Tech Lab as a workforce-development resource tied to local human-services programming.
Ending: Council members said both programs illustrate the city’s evolving approach to housing and workforce supports and flagged upcoming events and opportunities to view program progress.
