OC Business Journal

Lyon’s Legacy Lives on Via Workforce Academy

NONPROFITS: Orangewood program a ‘win-win’ for OC

■ By KATIE MURAR

Real estate firms, listen up: there’s a new lead in town to help with your labor shortage problem.

With seed funding from the family of one of OC’s real estate legends, the late Gen.

William Lyon, as well as Frank Suryan Jr., partner in Lyon Living, nonprofit Orangewood Foundation is rolling out a new program that pairs disadvantaged young adults in apprenticeship opportunities with local construction firms and other companies.

The program, called the General William Lyon Workforce Academy, will teach trade skills to young adults looking for a career path, and provide a new source of dedicated employees for companies looking to give back to the community.

“This program is a great way to honor my dad, who was always looking for ways to support foster youths and help them break out of the cycle,” said Bill H. Lyon, son of the General, who was pivotal in establishing the first Orangewood facility in 1980. Gen. Lyon, founder of Newport Beach’s

William Lyon Homes, died in May 2020, at the age of 97.

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Orangewood Foundation is a nonprofit that provides services to teens and young

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