A commitment of $26 million has been made through The Audacious Project to Harlem Children’s Zone in Harlem and six U.S. cities to address Black communities’ most critical needs and support COVID-19 recovery. … Continue Reading →
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Our Take: “Detailed New National Maps Show How Neighborhoods Shape Children for Life”
This tenet of our work was brought into sharp focus in a recent article in The New York Times, “Detailed New National Maps Show How Neighborhoods Shape Children for Life,” by Emily Badger and Quoctrung Bui. The article highlights data from the Census Bureau and researchers at Harvard and Brown universities that offer a long … Continue Reading →
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From My Perspective: We Can’t Bypass Discussions About Race
By Michelle L. Matthews Senior Vice President, Purpose Built Communities “White boys who grow up rich are likely to remain that way,” summarized a recent New York Times article about an Equality of Opportunity Project study. “Black boys raised at the top, however, are more likely to become poor than to stay wealthy in their … Continue Reading →
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From My Perspective: What it Takes
By Damon Bailey, Community Development Advisor, Purpose Built Communities In a recent interview, President Barack Obama said, “Loving this country requires more than singing its praises or avoiding uncomfortable truths. It requires the occasional disruption, the willingness to speak out for what is right, to shake up the status quo.” From the time I worked … Continue Reading →
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Purpose Built Communities Welcomes Michelle Matthews as Senior Vice President
Atlanta – Purpose Built Communities is proud to announce that Michelle Matthews has joined the organization as Senior Vice President. She is a trusted advisor with more than 30 years of experience in organizational development, change management and consulting. Most recently, she founded and led the Matthews Consulting Group (MCG), a consulting practice specializing in … Continue Reading →
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Story of East Lake Featured on New Slate Podcast
Slate’s new Placemakers Podcast devoted its second episode to tell the story of the revitalization of East Lake Meadows in Atlanta, GA. The transformation of East Lake is the blueprint for the Purpose Built Communities Model. It features detailed and sometimes intimate recollections from some of the key people involved in starting what would become … Continue Reading →
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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 →
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Photos from 2015 Purpose Built Communities Conference
What an amazing gathering in Fort Worth! More than 350 people from 49 communities in 47 cities participated in our Sixth Annual Purpose Built Communities Conference. The Renaissance Heights Development Group, our Network Member in Fort Worth, hosted the invitation-only gathering and showed attendees their transformational initiative up close. Our speakers included veteran NBC journalist and author Tom … Continue Reading →
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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 →
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Unique Health Sciences Academies Set to Open This Fall in Columbus, OH
By Melanie Lasoff Levs Columbus, Ohio — From the windows of the Ohio State University Hospital East, one can see East High School, which — with a capacity of 1,200 students — resides in the transitioning community of the Near East Side of Columbus. But currently, fewer than 500 students attend the high school, one … Continue Reading →
