The City of Arlington Public Works Department is recruiting for a summer intern, preferably a graduate student pursuing an MPA. Hourly pay will be $12/hour. Please see attached brochure and circulate as appropriate. Feel free to contact me with any questions.
Cindy Hanna
Operations Analyst II
Public Works & Transportation Department
817.459.6545 direct
hannac AT ci DOT arlington DOT tx DOT us
City of Arlington Intern Brochure
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Program Overview
The Texas Association of Community Development Corporations’s Lone Star Program provides college and graduate students interested in Community Economic Development (CED) with the opportunity to work for a summer with a Community Development Corporation (CDC) in Texas. Interns work with their host CDC to develop a work plan and implement a wide variety of projects in the community development field. In its fifth year, past Lone Star interns report that the internship provided them with valuable work experience and networking opportunities while contributing to organizations that improve the lives of low income individuals and families in Texas.
Timeframe: 400 hours in 10-12 weeks during the summer of 2007
Stipend: $4,000 for undergraduates, $4,800 for graduate students, plus travel costs to and from the internship site.
Application Host deadline: Friday, January 13, 2007
Application Internship deadline: February 27
Application Internship deadline EXTENDED: now due by Tuesday March 6 @ 9am.
Past CDC hosts include:
— Alamo Area Mutual Housing Association (San Antonio)
— Avenue CDC (Houston)
— PeopleFund (Austin)
— CDC of Brownsville
— El Paso Collaborative
— McAllen Affordable Homes
— Neighborhood Housing Services of Austin
Past Intern Projects include:
— Producing a handbook of green building alternatives for affordable housing developers
— Analyzing a CDC loan portfolio
— Creating a management plan for CDC rental properties
— Identifying sites for housing development
— Helping to implement a homebuyer education program
2007 Lone Star Internship Program HOST SITES:
— Brazos Valley CDC/Affordable Housing Corp. (Bryan TX, Region)
— CDC of Brownsville
— Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corp (Houston)
— Foundation Communities (Austin)
— FUTURO Communities (Uvalde)
— Housing and Community Services (San Antonio)
— Merced Housing Texas (San Antonio)
— Neighborhood Recovery CDC (Houston)
— People Fund (Austin)
— Samaritan House (Fort Worth)
— TACDC (Austin)
For more information, contact Eduardo Magaloni at 512-916-0508 or via email at eduardo AT tacdc DOT org. To download a HOST application, go to www.tacdc.org/2007LoneStarHostApplication.pdf. To download an INTERNSHIP application, go to www.tacdc.org/2007LoneStarInternApplication.doc.
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