The Washington Times reports on a new program proposed by the Obama administration to transform poor neighborhoods across the nation. The initiative, which builds on the Hope VI model, will concentrate action and funding on urban neighborhoods and coordinate investments ranging from public transit to new housing, early childhood education, farmer’s markets, and school reforms: The [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Eugene Field’
New Neighborhood Initiative Seeks ‘Catalytic’ Investments
Posted in Economic Security & Advancement, tagged Brightwaters, community development, Eugene Field, housing, HUD, neighborhoods on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Westside Harvest Market Opens (Grandly) Saturday
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Eugene Field, food and nutrition, Global Gardens, Harvest Market on May 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Westside Harvest Market (2232 S. Nogales Ave) is having its grand opening celebration this Saturday from noon to 3pm. They’ve actually been open for a while now, but now that the Eugene Field neighborhood’s first grocer can accept food stamps and WIC, they’re having a big to-do. The event will feature free food (hot [...]
Fresh Food and Groceries Return to Eugene Field
Posted in Health, tagged Eugene Field, food and nutrition, Global Gardens, The Harvest on April 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Harvest Tulsa grocery store will have its “soft opening” this Saturday, and will be open from 10am to 6pm. The store, located on Nogales just north of W. 23rd St., will make groceries and fresh food accessible to the residents of the Eugene Field area. The project is the result of collaboration between Global Gardens, some [...]
Westside Coalition?
Posted in Economic Security & Advancement, tagged Brightwaters, Eugene Field, Mobility on August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of my projects here at CAP is to reduce tenant mobility for our project-based Section 8 community, Brightwaters. The community is in a depressed area on the west side of the river, at about 23rd St and Southwest Blvd. We want to get some sort of coalition going over there so that residents have [...]

