May 15, 2025 8:00 am
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Mowtown Teen Lawn Care is an organization founded in 2015 with the mission of giving teens job experience. (Tommy Rhodes/for The Columbian)
Luis Avila and Timothy Geiger, 17, trim hedges Saturday at Columbia Presbyterian Church in Vancouver. Teen unemployment nationally is up slightly compared with last year. (Tommy Rhodes/for The Columbian)
Tyler Stimmel, 16, trims a bush for Mowtown Teen Lawn Care on Saturday. Local teens have reported finding it more difficult to find work this year. (Tommy Rhodes/for The Columbian)
Timothy Geiger, 17, cleans up hedge trimmings at Columbia Presbyterian Church in Vancouver. Local teens have reported finding it more difficult to find work this year.
Josh Meyer, director of Mowtown Teen Lawn Care, and Alex Weeks, 16, shovel mulch into a wheelbarrow. The organization employs about 15 teens right now and expects to hire more going into summer. (Tommy Rhodes for The Columbian)
Matt Overton teaches Tyler Stimmel, 16, how best to care for a plant. (Tommy Rhodes for The Columbian)
Some local teens are finding it difficult to get jobs this year. And data backs that up, showing the job market for young people is slightly slower right now than it was in 2024.
Teen unemployment nationally tends to be higher than unemployment among the general working population.
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