“We have demonstrated that we’ll do what we say we’re going to do. Some of the barriers we’ve had to overcome we’ve looked at as opportunities. These new homes will be an opportunity for residents to create generational wealth and go from renter-ship to homeownership.”
Funding will help the neighborhood get creative in purchasing buildings and spaces and pairing business economics and co-op models that will help people and People of Color to start and run good businesses, says Pastor Chris McCoy, as he imagines new development in Washington Heights.
Neighbors in Washington Heights have high expectations for the impact of an improvement to Claude Evans park known as a splash pad. So now they are raising funds for the project.
Cool People Community Savers is a different kind of community group. “Our whole model is that we want to be a community extended family,” says founder Keith Matthews. He’s created an extended family support system that also surrounds youth with positive peers and adult mentors.
Vivian Laws-Ritter says growing up in Battle Creek in the '50s did not prepare her for the way she would be treated as she went on to pioneer leadership roles in the federal Treasury Department.
Have you ever driven by the corner of Hubbard Street and Graves Avenue in Battle Creek and wondered about the Willis Commons sign? There's a story there.
A program that started out helping youngsters learn they need more than sports to succeed has grown way beyond those beginnings. This is New Level Sports led by Pastor Christopher McCoy.
What do you do when your wife suggests an axe-throwing league? Start one of course. The BTL AXE team is now part of the World Axe Throwing League.
Once Jeff Cotton was one of those causing problems on the streets of Battle Creek. Now he's fighting to keep young people alive.
One comes from the kitchen at home, a second from BC Cargo. Two businesses are seeing just how much they can grow in new small business incubator.
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