Serving our Community
What does “serving our community” mean to MBSCC? It means doing our part to increasing access to affordable housing and childcare, improving job creation, providing needed employment training, supporting families moving from welfare to self-sufficiency, and creating programs that aide in the reduction in crime and drug activity, especially among our youth and young adults.
Our efforts began in 1997, when we opened a "one-stop" Family Preservation Center in the lower lobby of the Andrew Freedman, located at 1125 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10452. It is here where we provide some of the key support services to achieve some of our community goals, including quality, affordable child care, employment training, job creation, family support services and youth programs. In 2004 and 2005, MBSCC opened two community technology centers to help bridge the “digital divide” in this area, by offering computer literacy training to residents.
Our efforts related to crime and drug reduction centered around community development. MBSCC was the lead organizer for the local movement that advocated for resident inclusion in the planning for the new Yankee Stadium, the new waterfront retail center called the Bronx Gateway Center and the new Bronx Criminal Court, resulting in many community amenities, such as green spaces, improved air quality, funding for a new child care center and the creation of more local jobs. Community stakeholder participation was mandatory to ensure that longtime residents and local businesses were not displaced and well integrated into these revitalization projects and MBSCC played a key role in the outcome.
As part of these efforts, MBSCC along with the 161st St. Merchants Association, successfully concluded a ten year effort to create a 161st Street Business Improvement District (BID), the city’s 51st BID and only the sixth BID in the Bronx.
What does “serving our community” mean to MBSCC? It means doing our part to increasing access to affordable housing and childcare, improving job creation, providing needed employment training, supporting families moving from welfare to self-sufficiency, and creating programs that aide in the reduction in crime and drug activity, especially among our youth and young adults.
Our efforts began in 1997, when we opened a "one-stop" Family Preservation Center in the lower lobby of the Andrew Freedman, located at 1125 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10452. It is here where we provide some of the key support services to achieve some of our community goals, including quality, affordable child care, employment training, job creation, family support services and youth programs. In 2004 and 2005, MBSCC opened two community technology centers to help bridge the “digital divide” in this area, by offering computer literacy training to residents.
Our efforts related to crime and drug reduction centered around community development. MBSCC was the lead organizer for the local movement that advocated for resident inclusion in the planning for the new Yankee Stadium, the new waterfront retail center called the Bronx Gateway Center and the new Bronx Criminal Court, resulting in many community amenities, such as green spaces, improved air quality, funding for a new child care center and the creation of more local jobs. Community stakeholder participation was mandatory to ensure that longtime residents and local businesses were not displaced and well integrated into these revitalization projects and MBSCC played a key role in the outcome.
As part of these efforts, MBSCC along with the 161st St. Merchants Association, successfully concluded a ten year effort to create a 161st Street Business Improvement District (BID), the city’s 51st BID and only the sixth BID in the Bronx.
