b'theindustry.Articulatingtheworkforcechallengetoa FOGHORN FOCUS Our goal is to reach community informs those people of job openings and ca-reer paths they might not otherwise know exist. For each people who . havent area of the industry, there are needs for skilled workers to be hired or components to be purchased or fabricated. As had the opportunity but people learn more about maritime, they might discover that their company may be able to fulfill supply chain certainly want the needs they hadnt known existed. Johnson explained that this is why they were intentional about creating an eco-opportunity to make a system in which operations is only one part of the puzzle. Information,education,entertainmentitsworkforce viable living and feed theirdevelopment, he said. Theyre all components that are families because thatsrequired to make the whole.While the Harlem Rocket did create job growth with sever-community economic al positions this year, Johnson acknowledged that they are small in comparison to some of the other New York City development, Johnson said. tour boat operators. Their vessel requires only three crew on board, and shoreside they have four staff members on at a given time. Though they hired for all their positions, he hopes that some of the candidates that they met in the JohnsonandtheteamatParadiseExpressFerryknowinterview process will take their interest in maritime and that introducing people to maritime wont benefit onlyseek out jobs at other operations such as PVA members them but can be a boost for companies in all corners ofNew York Waterway or Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises. Co-founders Michael A. Preston and Garry Anthony Johnson took a group of youth to tour Derecktor Shipyards while work on their vessel, the Hazel M. Dukes, was in progress. PHOTOS: HARLEM ROCKETFOGHORN 26'