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;.rBUILDING <br />TRADIE <br />MINNESOTA STATE BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />May 5, 2023 <br />BACKGROUND: Minnesota Building & Construction Trades Council is a Yellow Ribbon Company. We <br />represent more than 70,000 union trades professionals throughout Minnesota, and are active in military <br />and Veteran hiring, training, and vocational partnerships like "Helmets To Hardhats." In our first year as a <br />Yellow Ribbon Company in 2022, we established a relationship with the 34th Infantry Division HQ by <br />sponsoring the unit family picnic in the summer. We would like to expand our partnership in 2023 by <br />hosting a community "ribfest" in September at the Arden Hills Headquarters. <br />WHO: Minnesota Building & Construction Trades Council Yellow Ribbon Steering Committee, 25-30 <br />teams of rib smoking competitors, public invited (best estimate is 400 people on a flow basis between <br />2:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.) <br />WHAT: Community "Ribfest." A competitive rib smoking event with members of various labor unions, <br />other Yellow Ribbon Companies, professional rib smokers. 25-30 teams are expected. The event will be <br />a festive gathering that begins with an official opening ceremony, has entertainment, lively judging <br />segments and a final award ceremony. <br />WHERE: 34th Division Headquarters, Arden Hills <br />WHEN: Saturday Sept. 16, 2023 <br />FUNDS / 501c3: All proceeds will go towards the Building Trades 501c3 charitable not profit `Building <br />Strong Communities," or BSC. BSC encompasses the trades efforts to engage underrepresented <br />communities, including military and veterans. All funds would be fenced for future events with service <br />members, veterans, and families, such as unit picnics, departure ceremony support and trade -specific <br />projects such as home repair for families when service members are deployed. <br />OBJECTIVES: <br />• Enhance the strategic partnership between labor & trades with the largest single military <br />organization in the state <br />• Develop an enduring patriotic community event that will be beneficial to Yellow Ribbon <br />objectives and can be expanded/modified in future years <br />• Raise funds from those that purchase rib tickets that can be used for future military/Veteran <br />support events <br />3of16 <br />