(The Center Square) – Seattle’s program that prioritizes hiring workers from underserved communities to work on the city’s construction projects is seeing a retention rate of more than 50% for Black workers. Priority Hire is Seattle’s designation for workers residing in underserved communities. It sets hiring requirements on the city’s large construction projects. According to Seattle Department of Finance and Administrative Services Communications and Marketing Director Melissa Mixon, the program has placed 867 trained pre-apprentices and priority hire clients into construction careers in Kin…