UT Arlington Division for Enterprise Development joins industry, Texas Masonry Council to start two masonry schools

Workforce needThe University of Texas at Arlington’s Division of Enterprise Development has partnered with more than 20 companies and an industry council to create two masonry schools that will address a shortage of bricklayers. Acme Brick has donated $50,000 to start the schools. Contractors and manufacturers from across the state, along with the Waco-based Texas Masonry Council, have donated money and in-kind contributions that total more than $225,000 to kick-start the schools. UT Arlington has leased space and is operating in Grand Prairie’s Great Southwest Industrial District and