NetZero Mobility Hubs addresses climate change, enables sustainable economic growth and improves the health and economic well-being of Sacramento residents in disinvested neighborhoods through equitable access to zero-emission vehicle infrastructure and – in partnership with the Green Ambitions program – youth workforce opportunity.
NetZero Mobility Hubs is a partnership among United Way California Capital Region, Green Tech, and The Center at Sierra Health Foundation and its My Brother’s Keeper Sacramento and Community Economic Mobility Initiative programs.
NetZero Mobility Hubs is funded through Community Project Funding secured by Congresswoman Doris Matsui. Green Ambitions is funded by a grant from the NBA Foundation.
Why We’re Here
NetZero Mobility Hubs responds to climate change impacts like poor air quality and inequitable access to zero-emission vehicle use and green technology jobs by leveraging philanthropic, federal and state funding to build local transportation infrastructure and invest in the green economy. The program disrupts historical economic and workforce development practices that leave out young people, particularly those from communities of color, and disinvested neighborhoods.
What We Do
This joint program brings together two powerful projects that could do incredible work on their own but are made all the more powerful by their collaboration: The NetZero Mobility green infrastructure project supported by Community Project Funding secured by Congresswoman Doris Matsui and the Green Ambitions youth workforce project supported by NBA Foundation grant funding.
Over 12 months, the Green Ambitions program enrolls 25 youth from communities of color, 2S/LGBTQIA+ communities and other underserved communities in Sacramento County to participate in The Center’s My Brother’s Keeper Sacramento youth fellowship. Following this personal and professional development and mentorship series, youth participants join Gren Tech’s environmentally focused workplace training program tied to their individual interests, including construction, transportation, utilities, manufacturing, urban agriculture and more. During this period, youth will build at least two electric vehicle chargers to be located at South Sacramento Christian Center for community use.
NetZero Mobility Hubs builds on the success of GreenTech’s Zero-Emission Mobility project in Del Paso Heights, expanding the project to ensure South Sacramento residents have free access to new electric vehicle stations built by youth participants, improving green transportation infrastructure access, addressing climate change and providing sustainable economic growth opportunity.
NetZero Mobility Hubs is facilitated by The Center in partnership with United Way California Capital Region and Green Tech. Green Ambitions is facilitated by United Way California Capital Region and implemented by Green Tech in partnership with The Center’s My Brother’s Keeper program.
