Labor Source 30 for 30 - Lafayette Parks

Labor Source, the supported employment division of Imagine!’s CORE/Labor Source department, is celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year.

To honor this important milestone, each week I am publicly thanking and recognizing Labor Source’s many local business partners.

 Supported employment offers people who have a disability the opportunity to develop vital job skills and become active participants in their communities. The benefits extend far beyond helping individuals served by Imagine!, however. Businesses using our services are able to reduce recruitment and training expenses as they benefit from a diversified employee pool. Partnering with CORE/Labor Source is a “win-win” situation that is beneficial all around.

We are very grateful to our business partners who have demonstrated their commitment to Imagine!’s mission by employing CORE/Labor Source participants.

Today’s Labor Source 30 for 30 partner highlight: Lafayette Parks.

Lafayette’s open space, trail system, and parks provide a balanced network of formalized landscapes and play structures, outdoor recreation opportunities, open lands, natural areas, wildlife corridors and habitat areas, view corridors, and green ways that preserves the city’s natural, aesthetic, and community character, and provides connections between neighborhoods, the natural environment, and numerous community amenities.

Over the past year, Lafayette Parks has employed three CORE/Labor Source participants at various times. Lafayette Parks has been employing individuals served by Imagine! since 2011.

Thank you, Lafayette Parks, for your commitment to our community and for providing employment opportunities for individuals with intellectual disabilities.