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Climb CDC Graduation

Tonight, dozens of South Mississippians will graduate from the Climb CDC Workforce Training Institute, celebrating months of on the job training in fields such as catering and construction. News 25’s Shelby Myers has more.

Eighth annual Mississippi Seafood Cook-off

Tonight at Climb CDC in Gulfport, a group of elite chefs will meet to answer the question: who is the king of Mississippi seafood? This will be the eighth annual statewide Seafood Cook-off. The winning chef advances to represent Mississippi…

Ports of Call annual fundraiser

Climb CDC in Gulfport hosted their annual Ports of Call Food and Cultural Festival this evening. News 25’s Hank Davis was there and brings us the story. Climb CDC’s Ports of Call Cultural Food Festival is their largest annual fundraiser,…

Ports of Call Food and Heritage Fest

Tonight at Climb CDC’s event center in Gulfport, you can taste food from ports around the world at the ‘Ports of Call’ event. This is the organizations largest annual fundraiser with over 20 Coast restaurants participating in the food and…

Volunteers spruce up Gaston Point

Hundreds of volunteers spent hours in the heat in an effort to spruce up the Gaston Point community. Over 100 volunteers from Climb CDC, the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio and the Gulfport Police Department participated in a community build…

Climb CDC students challenge Gulfport PD

The Gulfport Police Department continues to build stronger relationships with the community, especially the youth. Officers threw on a different type of uniform this evening to challenge students at Climb CDC to a friendly game of basketball. Team Blue Crew…

Blue Crew and CDC basketball game

Gulfport Police Department’s effort to build stronger relationships within the community continues tonight for the third Blue Crew basketball game. This time each officer is teamed up with a student from Climb CDC in more of a mentor fashion. Gulfport…

Blue Crew and CDC Basketball Game

Shooting hoops and building bonds, the Gulfport Police Blue Crew teams up with students at Climb CDC to host another community basketball game. News 25’s Laurene Callander has the details.

Gulfport police officers meet with CDC students

Gulfport police officers met with students at Climb CDC this morning to prep for tomorrow’s big basketball game. Ten students are playing with the Gulfport Blue Crew team tomorrow night at 7 at Gulfport High School. At first, the CDC…

Climb CDC Open House Tomorrow

Tomorrow Climb CDC is inviting everyone to come and check out their programs and facilities. The workforce training institute will host an open house from 9 until 3 at their main location on 30th Avenue. Climb CDC offers numerous programs…

Climb CDC Students Graduate

It may have been a long way to the top for this graduating class, but students say it was worth the climb. The class of 2016 students from Climb Community Development Corporation graduated tonight at the Workforce Institute in Gulfport.…

Ms. Audrey at Café Climb Opens

One Gulfport business owner is doing her part to help usher in the next generation of leaders in the culinary arts. This morning, Audrey Duncan cut the ribbon on Ms. Audrey at Café Climb. Duncan is the owner and head…

Preps for John Kasich Finishing Up

John Kasich supporters from across the Gulf Coast will be packing into Café Climb to hear the GOP presidential candidate speak. Café Climb and Climb CDC have been busy the past few days preparing for the Ohio governor’s arrival. Kasich’s…

Family Literacy Program

Climb CDC’s Family Enrichment Program and Goodwill of South Mississippi are teaming up to fight illiteracy on the Coast. The United State Department of Education found 29 percent of adults over the age of 16 read at an eighth grade…

Climb CDC Offers a New Program

After Hurricane Katrina, Climb CDC started a program for its students to learn construction to help rebuild. Now Climb CDC is doing the same with the BP oil spill by trying to help restore the Gulf.