Local construction industry leaders took a crack this week at showing area high school students how building a future isn't just a play on words.

It seemed to work, as Fort Myers High School's Markham Lancaster explained about the welding trades:

"It's just cool, and there's good money in it, he said after a hands-on experience. "It just gives you opportunity to discover the things they have here."

Lancaster's remarks came at The Lee Building Industry Association's fifth annual Build My Future Lee County, an interactive construction careers showcase for Southwest Florida high school students that took place at JetBlue Park.

Presented by Fallsafe Walls and Ceilings and Wright Construction Group, this hands-on construction career day is hosted in partnership with the Lee County School Di

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