Thousands of young people are starting summer jobs through the city's One Summer Chicago program.
Johnson worked to get buy-in from the business community and with it a commitment for year-round jobs."We are happy to be here because in partnership with Levy, which is our concessions partner. We are helping to provide a pipeline for jobs this summer," Chicago Cubs Senior Vice President of Communications Julian Green said.
"This helps me financially, where my clothing brands, so I could be able to flourish in life with that, because that's me and my brother dream, to start our own clothing brand," 2nd-year participant Tyrese Johnson said.
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