Summer Jobs Program

Paving the Trail to Success

Johnson Controls continues legacy of summer jobs program for urban teens

Members of CLC Detroit work to remove invasive species from a forest.

This summer, about 170 students participated in the Conservation Leadership Corps (CLC), a summer jobs program created and sponsored by Johnson Controls. The annual six-week program, which takes place in Baltimore, Detroit and Milwaukee, provides student workers with training to build leadership and professional development skills, a hands-on conservation experience, and a personal sense of stewardship in completing environmental projects in their hometowns.

In Baltimore, crews were assigned to various sections of Herring Run Park to better connect the park’s surrounding communities. About 33 students worked to reroute and construct a more sustainable grade for the Leakin Park Ridge Trail.