The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging communities like never before. It also reminds us that we are all in this struggle together. This powerful message reminds us that we can and must be there for each other. Rev. Carl Pointer is a board member of Renaissance Heights United, a neighborhood-based revitalization effort in Fort Worth, Texas. Bringing lasting, meaningful change to a community requires thoughtful design, collaborative engagement and deliberate execution.
Neighborhood revitalization can be a daunting task. With many moving parts and interrelations within the community, it can be difficult for engaged and passionate people to know how to begin. The Purpose Built Communities model provides direction on how to both understand and address the root causes of concentrated poverty. Hear about why this model makes all the difference from Reverend Carl Pointer, a member of the United Communities Association of South Fort Worth, a partner with Purpose Built Communities Network member Renaissance Heights United in Fort Worth, Texas.
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…
On October 6, 2015, Mayor Betsy Price welcomed the attendees of the Sixth Annual Purpose Built Communities Conference to the City of Fort Worth, home of the Renaissance Heights United initiative. Renaissance Heights joined the Purpose Built Communities network in 2015.
As part of the 2015 Purpose Built Communities Annual Conference, attendees visited the Renaissance Heights development, the target area of investment and collaboration for the Purpose Built Communities Network Member the Renaissance Heights Development Group.The Honorable Kelly Allen Gray, City of Fort Worth Councilmember serving District 8, discusses the history of the Renaissance Heights United initiative and what successful, cross-sector collaboration looks like in Fort Worth, TX.
The Renaissance Heights United initiative is a partnership breathing new life into a section of Southeast Fort Worth, TX. Breanna Pruitt, a fifth grade student at the Uplift Mighty public charter school that is part of the Renaissance Heights initiative, talks about the impact her school has had on her life.
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…
Atlanta, GA – Purpose Built Communities is proud to announce that its newest Network Member is the Renaissance Heights Development Group in Fort Worth, TX, the second Network Member from Texas and the 11th nationally. It…
We are excited to reveal our new brand identity! Our new brand is the next chapter in a story about increasing economic mobility, better health outcomes, and racial equity by harnessing neighborhoods as powerful engines of change.
In our new logo, you see the blocks of a city grid or an interwoven tapestry of bold and vivid colors. It symbolizes both where we work and how we work. Purpose Built supports over 70 neighborhoods—including more than 25 Network Members—creating an interconnected collective of leaders strengthening neighborhoods so everyone can thrive.
This new brand identity is more than a logo. It is a framework for telling the Purpose Built Communities story and an invitation to join our mission of creating pathways to prosperity for residents in the places they call home.