Girls Build event empowering women in trades

GANSEVOORT, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Young women from the Capital Region showed off their woodworking skills on Friday. Students from local high schools came together to build vertical gardens as part of a Girls Build event.

Event organizers hope the workshop will help inspire more women to break into the construction field.

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"I hope that it opens folks' minds to the different opportunities for their children," project planner Elizabeth Bidwell said.