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Aspiring Mechanic-Technicians build skills, confidence

Posted by Drew Kerr | Aug. 1, 2016

Jason Johnson was newly-unemployed, discouraged and facing an uncertain future when he walked into Urban Ventures’ Minneapolis offices looking for help finding a new job. His visit came at an opportune moment: that afternoon, representatives were [...]

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Jan Homan: 40 years of service and a legacy that will last a lifetime

Posted by Drew Kerr | March 23, 2016

The first night Jan Homan reported for work – Christmas Eve 1975 – he was asked to do nothing more than keep an eye on the new Shingle Creek bus garage. A warehouse that would eventually be home to buses, mechanics and operators was for the [...]

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Friends turn retired bus into RV, drive across U.S.

Posted by | Sep. 15, 2015

Have you ever thought about what it would be like to turn something unconventional into a house? How about a Metro Transit bus? That's exactly what a couple of friends from the Twin Cities did this summer before embarking on a journey in the [...]

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Introducing aspiring mechanics to a career in transit

| May 12, 2015

When Tony Harmon was in high school, he knew he wanted a career that involved computers. But after graduation, he found himself working at an auto repair shop where his days were largely spent performing oil changes. After 18 [...]

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Old buses get new life

| April 24, 2014

A 12-year-old bus with more than 400,000 miles might not sound like a dream come true. But for Ann Kay and Bill Jones, it represents just that. The Minnetonka duo recently purchased a retired Metro Transit bus to use as a mobile computer lab that [...]

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