Workforce & Education: Northern Nevada’s 9th Annual Construction Career Day is set to bring ~2,000 middle and high school students to the Reno-Sparks Convention Center for hands-on trade demos, with apprenticeships front and center. Affordable Housing Pause: Developers have paused Ohio’s Avanelle Crossing affordable housing project in Athens Township, citing the need to explore alternative sites amid rising costs and tighter financing. Urban Agriculture Funding: Michigan’s MDARD awarded $494,960 to the Detroit Food Policy Council to expand urban farming support, food hubs, and local food access. Homelessness & Housing Policy: A new look at U.S. homelessness warns cities to plan for a rapidly aging homeless population and the housing instability that comes with it. Infrastructure Resilience: Columbia, South Carolina is pushing a $12M canal headgate repair and a $63.8M intake project after a historic flood exposed weaknesses in its drinking-water system. Safety & Fatal Incidents: A home under construction collapsed in New Smyrna Beach, trapping one person; in Madison, a road worker was killed in a hit-and-run near Sennett Middle School; and a Boston worker died after a scaffolding fall in Jamaica Plain. Local Project Updates: INDOT continues US 30 upgrades in Indiana, including a diverging diamond interchange; O’Day Rd. in Allen County closes Oct. 1–May 31 for overpass work; and Fort Wayne approved $1M toward the Pufferbelly Trail pedestrian bridge as bid costs delayed the start. Planning & Permitting: Cebu City is weighing a temporary halt on high-density residential approvals in Talamban over water supply and traffic concerns. Tech & Data Centers: Google unveiled an agent-focused approach for live database access at scale, highlighting how AI agents are changing operational infrastructure demands.