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Jacqueline Pruitt Ensures Her Company Provides High Quality Rebar Installation
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Jacqueline Pruitt Ensures Her Company Provides High Quality Rebar Installation

Simone Grant, Contributing WriterMarch 23, 2023

Marvella Steel Placers is a black and female owned family-oriented business that provides high-quality rebar and concrete installation for customers across California. Marvella Steel Placers was founded by Jacqueline Pruitt in 2016 and ever since, her business has successfully worked on numerous projects including Destination Crenshaw, Purple Line 3, and Sign Fountain – just to name a few.

Southwest Carpenters Host Combine at LA Trade
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Southwest Carpenters Host Combine at LA Trade

E. Mesiyah McGinnis, Staff WriterMarch 31, 2022

 Prospective carpenters and hiring contractors gathered in downtown Los Angeles on March 26, at 6 a.m., as the Southwest Carpenters held their first post-pandemic Carpenter’s Combine Day at L.A. Trade Technical College.

Meet the Decision Makers: Leaders on the Move Honors Mayor Butts and LADWP Commissioner McClain-Hill
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Meet the Decision Makers: Leaders on the Move Honors Mayor Butts and LADWP Commissioner McClain-Hill

Sentinel News ServiceMarch 12, 2020

The fifth annual Upgrade LA: Meet the Decision Makers African American History Month Business Breakfast was held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on Thursday, February 27, 2020. Meet the Decision Makers celebrated two dynamic, high profile officials – Hon. James T. Butts, Jr., the Mayor of Inglewood and Commissioner Cynthia McClain-Hill, the Vice President of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Commission.