Between the University of Tulsa and the city’s busy downtown lies the Kendall-Whittier neighborhood. Its story began when city streetcars, the iconic Route 66 and jobs in the mining and oil industries brought people to this area in the early 1900s. In the 1960’s, “white flight” took hold and middle-income families moved in numbers to … Continue Reading →
Neighborhoods and Education Reform – Purpose Built Communities in the Huffington Post
Our leadership recently published two pieces in the Huffington post about issues that are critical to our nation’s future – the importance of investing in neighborhoods and how the current education reform debate is missing the point. The first piece was co-authored by our former Executive Board Chair of Purpose Built Communities, Shirley Franklin and … Continue Reading →
Tulsa’s Growing Together Joins Purpose Built Communities Network
Growing Together is the 14th Network Member Nationally and the First in Oklahoma Atlanta, GA – Purpose Built Communities recently welcomed Growing Together, the community quarterback of a neighborhood transformation in Tulsa, OK, as its 14th Network Member nationally. Growing Together’s work is focused on the Kendall-Whittier neighborhood, where they are working with partners to … Continue Reading →
Purpose Built Communities featured in The Financial Times
The Financial Times featured Purpose Built communities in a story published on December 12 titled “Fifth of US adults live in or near to poverty” (subscription required) that discusses the increasing inequality in the United States and what poverty looks like across the country. One in five US adults now lives in households either in poverty or … Continue Reading →
LIFT Orlando Joins Purpose Built Communities Network Florida’s First Purpose Built Community
Purpose Built Communities is proud to welcome its first Network Member from the state of Florida, LIFT Orlando. Founded in 2012, LIFT Orlando consists of business leaders partnering with residents to break the cycle of poverty in an area just west of Downtown Orlando. After exploring how the business community could help solve some of the city’s … Continue Reading →
New Affordable Townhomes Opening in Birmingham
By Melanie Lasoff Levs It is not often you hear of 1,200 families jostling to live in a newly built 64-unit townhome development. But that is roughly the number of application requests received by Hollyhand Property Management, the group that will be managing the Park at Wood Station. Hollyhand Development and Woodlawn Foundation, a nonprofit … Continue Reading →