Students Get Unprecedented Access to Master Planning

The partnership will include high school students in the construction program at EVIT.

PHOENIX—Arizona-based real estate investment and development company Harvard Investments and East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT) launched a 12-month program that provides high school students unprecedented access in understanding the entire process for building a master-plan community–Cadence at Gateway. The program will be the first of its kind in the nation, allowing students to track Cadence’s development as it happens–from groundbreaking to doors opening.

“Our intent is that when a student completes this 12-month study, she or he will have unprecedented knowledge about each step in building a community that will serve 1,700 families as well as businesses, schools, retail and more,” said Craig Krumwiede, president of Harvard Investments. “It puts the young person that much closer to understanding career options within this great industry, first-hand access to watching it get built, linking them to the best professionals in the industry and encouraging next steps in their career path.”