Hines and the Tampa Bay Rays announced an agreement with the City of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Pinellas County to develop a new ballpark and mixed-use development by the Hines Historic Gas Plant Partnership on the 86-acre site where the team’s current stadium sits.
The actions, which took place during National Recovery Month, seek to propel the unionized construction industry to fight substance use disorder and help find ways for workers to improve their mental health.
While working for former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on a high school redesign project, Sarah Cherry Rice was part of a team that listened to approximately 2,000 people across the city, including students who wanted to graduate with real work experiences and no-cost college credits.
Only two years into recovery after battling more than a decade of drug addiction, Thomas S. Gunning, executive director of the Building Trades Employers Association Northeast, learned about the skyrocketing number of opioid overdoses in the construction industry and desperately wanted to help.