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W O R K F O R M E / S P R I N G 2 0 2 0 14 C o n s t r u c t i o n / T r a d e s A s a crew lowers a house onto a foundation, three young women watch from nearby. The three students, featured in a video made by the Bath Housing Economic Develop- ment Corp. about the house move, aren't just watching an interesting neighborhood scene — they helped build the house that's being lowered into place at 57 Chestnut St. in Bath. "It's pretty intense to see it actually hap- pen," says Amber Mixon, one of the teens. Mixon is one of 31 carpentry students in the Bath Regional Career and Technical Center carpentry program who have worked on the house over the past two years — 21 this year and 10 who graduated last year. The 720-square-foot house was built offsite, then brought to its lot on Chestnut Street in March. Students framed, laid out and did all the work to construct the two-bedroom house — including framing, roofing, siding, windows and doors, sheetrock, cabinetry and other tasks. At the conclusion of the two-year carpen- try program, students leave with the skills to enter the field of residential construction or continue at a community college. The Bath CTC recently revived its elec- trical program, so students studying that trade will work on future houses, says Julie Kenny, director of the Bath CTC. Much of the cost of the program is paid for by the Bath Rotary Charitable Trust, a longtime supporter. Vaillancourt Builders LLC, of Bath, offers support, though the work is done by the students. The house was sold to Bath Housing, which will sell it to a family that needs affordable housing. P H O T O S / R A Y B E R N I E R Students from the Bath Regional Career and Technical Center carpentry program work on the house they spent two years building. More students are enrolling in construction and trades programs B Y M A U R E E N M I L L I K E N FUTURE Building a