The Opportunity
Mare Island is coming back.
After decades of dormancy, the former naval shipyard in Vallejo is undergoing one of the most significant economic redevelopments in Northern California history. The employers are already at the table. The timelines are set. The workforce pipeline to fill them does not yet exist.
Building a credentialed workforce takes 18 to 24 months. If that pipeline doesn't start today, those jobs will go to workers recruited from elsewhere — while Vallejo and Solano County youth watch from the outside.
Legacy Rising is making sure that does not happen.
RESTART Vallejo · FOA-ETA-26-17
$5.1M Federal Grant — Pending Approval
RESTART Vallejo is a U.S. Department of Labor application currently pending federal approval. If funded, it activates the first 400-youth pipeline in the larger regional effort — focused on Vallejo and Solano County's most underserved justice-involved youth over 42 months.