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Carver
Park Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy and Plan is one of many Success Stories that have been locally nominated for recognition in celebration
of CDBG's
30th Anniversary.
Success Story Details
Grantee: |
City
of Yuma, Arizona |
Field
Office: |
Phoenix
(Region 9) |
Carried
Out By: |
Dept.
of Planning and Neighborhood Services |
Eligibility: |
Neighborhood
Facilities; Public Services |
Natl.
Objective: |
LMI
Benefit (Area) |
Funding: |
CDBG |
$ 2.5
Million |
Other |
$24.5
Million |
Total |
$27.0
Million |
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Date
Started: |
July
2000 |
Date
Completed: |
FY
2005 |
IDIS
Activity No: |
N/A
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Grantee
Contact: |
Joy
Crist |
Grantee Website: |
City
of Yuma |
Success Story Description
The
Carver Park Neighborhood is a one-half square mile (22-block) neighborhood
located in Yuma, Arizona. The Carver Park Neighborhood Revitalization
Strategy is a comprehensive and multifaceted strategy to revitalize
a neighborhood that exhibited an extensive amount of distress and
poverty. The neighborhood is one of the oldest in the City and one
of the poorest in the country: with a poverty rate of 48 percent,
a low and moderate-income rate of 78 percent and an unemployment
rate of nearly 30%. It was also most noted in the community as a
haven for drugs, gangs and violent crime.
At
the same time, the neighborhood is ethnically rich and resident
to generations of families. In July 2000, when the project was initiated,
it consisted of approximately 2,042 residents and a variety of religious
and non-profit entities. Utilizing a neighborhood-driven, grass-roots
approach, the neighborhood developed a revitalization strategy and
plan to address its many economic, physical and social ills. The
Revitalization Strategy and Plan consisted of seven major components
(Safety/Security; Neighborhood Appearance; Housing; Infrastructure;
Social Services; Workforce Development and Economic Development).
Residents
of the neighborhood, local/state/federal government organizations,
the faith-based community, non-profit organizations and the private
sector all came together to implement the plan. Three years later
the neighborhood has undergone an astounding transformation. Over
$27,000,000 has been invested. The neighborhood is now clean and
safe. Over 60 homes have been substantially rehabilitated. Two non-profit
housing development agencies were created and assisted in the construction
of new housing for homeownership and rental. The private sector
recognized the opportunity and developed over 120 new housing units.
Numerous neighborhood facilities were developed, including a state-of-the-art
Neighborhood Center and an Adult Daybreak Center. The local community
college was awarded a Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities
(HSIAC) grant to develop a Community Learning Center. Crime is down.
Numerous social serving programs were implemented by local non-profit
agencies. Property values, educational attainment and community
pride is up. The foregoing are just a few of the many accomplishments
attained in the neighborhood.
The
Carver Park initiative is a shining example that an impoverished
neighborhood, where residents had given up hope, can become safe
and clean when federal, state and local government officials work
cohesively with the residents, faith-based organizations, non-profit
organizations and the private sector to address a common goal for
the common good.
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