But the fight for jobs goes well beyond the employment center.

The Pullman shops, once the employment center of the area, produced its last car in 1981.

"It's the feeder for two of the major employment centers in the area."

And because many buyers still work, they want to be near employment centers, too.

Two years ago it set up an employment center that now places around 20 people a month, 30 percent of them within the yard.

So its being between two employment centers was very important.

The structure is designed to be flexible enough to serve various uses, including as an employment center, meeting space, and classroom.

"We should do the same and go to the employment center to ask for help."

The central business districts are the largest employment centers within the city.

It is the 12th largest employment center in the United States.