Who We Are
The Professional Remodeling Collective Futures Fund has been established to enhance and promote careers in the remodeling industry. It focuses fundraising and giving efforts on attracting individuals to careers in the industry and improving training, educational, and job opportunities available from remodeling contractors, subcontractors, and related supplier companies. Since 2016, the Futures Fund has raised more than $175,000 to support Kansas City area trade programs and to enhance and promote careers in the remodeling industry.
Our Mission
- To enhance and promote careers in the remodeling industry.
Our Strategy
- Enhance the public perception of careers in the remodeling industry.
- Create opportunities for those looking for rewarding careers to experience and understand the career paths and rewards within the remodeling industry.
- Work with the community and secondary schools to prioritize education and training in skills important to the remodeling industry.
- Provide resources to assist individuals who show interest in establishing a career in the remodeling industry through education, training, and exposure to remodeling contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers.
Our Past
- 14 local trade programs have received over $125,000 in grants to support the purchase of tools and equipment for the classroom or specific projects.
- Members of our Association have given over 1,300 hours of volunteer time to support future trades workers in the classroom by offering job shadowing at their company.
- $50,000 dollars of in-kind value donated to schools in materials and tools by the Professional Remodeling Collective members.
- Students are connected to our association companies through job opportunities at the annual Professional Remodeling Collective job fair.
Our Future
- Explore opportunities to support the initiatives of the Workforce Development Council.
- Develop and educate young people about a career path vs having a job in the trades.
- Brand working in the remodeling industry as an attractive career path by developing craftsperson skills and financial freedom.
Why We Do It
In October 2017, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the projection overview and highlights for 2016-26. In the report, it stated, “Changing demographics in the population will have far-reaching effects on the labor force, the economy, and employment over the 2016–26 decade. The overall labor force participation rate is projected to decline as older workers leave the labor force, constraining economic growth. The aging baby-boomer segment of the population will drive demand for healthcare services and related occupations.”
What BLS didn’t predict was the pandemic, the influence of technology, and the midlife career changes that would occur. Futures Fund was designed to help the remodeling industry support the development of the future workforce.
