Our 2025 Priorities
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Healthy Thriving Neighbors:

• Economic Mobility: Increase economic mobility through connection to basic necessities, resources to increase income and access to homeownership

• Senior Engagement: Improving the quality of life of our seniors through hosting connection events and resource fairs

• Youth Workforce Development: Supporting youth post-graduation success through connection to workforce training which will lead to high-wage employment

Open & Transparent Communication:

• Comprehensive Communication: Employ a variety of delivery methods for communication including monthly printed newsletter, website, social media, flyers, canvassing, phone calls, etc. to update neighbors of planning, updates and opportunities to get involved

• Commitment To Transparency: Provide ongoing organization and board decision updates to community at meetings and through website

Community Improvements:

• Collective Advocacy: Organize neighbors and stakeholders to advocate for investment to advance community improvements

• Community Driven Planning: Participate in execution of community plans to ensure community input is driving plans for improvement

• Empowering Resident Leadership: Provide open, equitable and consistent opportunities for community members to lead change projects in the community

Affordable Housing Development:

• Prepare For Choice 2025: Carry out site assemblage to prepare for development of mixed income housing funding by HUD Choice Grant

• Attract Affordable Development: Collaborate with developers to build affordable homes for rent and sale throughout the community

• Maintain The Market: Study existing market and support plans for development that maintain a mixed income market and affordability for those at 80% AMI

Vibrant Business District:

• Revitalize Business District: identify innovative strategies to fund rehabilitation of distressed buildings located in business district to attract new businesses

• Community Process: Carry out community process to understand which businesses are desired by the community

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