Palm City firm building steel container homes provides jobs to felons starting over

PALM CITY – When Blake Madgett launched a company last year that constructs homes from steel shipping containers, he needed workers and wanted to hire people seeking a second chance to get a fresh start in life. So, he turned to CareerSource Research Coast, a workforce development agency that connects job seekers with Treasure Coast employers. They pointed him to Project LIFT, where he met felon Daniel Collins, now the sales and marketing director for Madgett’s company, Containing Luxury, in Palm City. As a Martin County Mental Health Court client, Collins, 39, had been learning new job skills at Project…