DETROIT (WWJ) - It’s been a fascinating summer for 110 area high school students, who are spending the summer as part of a new project called the General Motors Youth Corps. They are paid minimum wage to clean up parts of the city that are starved for attention.
“I got a job now,” said Cody High Junior Martin Brooks. “I can be something instead of nothing. It’s a great experience.”
Martin, along with Cody Senior Jameel Harris, is part of a team working in the neighborhood around the school. They’ve been clearing brush away from sidewalks that had become impassable, and boarding up abandoned buildings.
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CBS Detroit