Neighborhood Revitalization Fund
A field-of-interest fund to support neighborhood revitalization projects in the Cornhill neighborhood in the city of Utica.
Overview
Creating “impact centers” that support residents and families while reviving neighborhoods in need—and making good neighborhoods even better.
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The Impact Centers will have basketball courts, but for this community they will mean much more. To borrow a basketball phrase, they're game-changers.
The Community Foundation has spent the past 10 years — and even to this day — learning, listening, and having ongoing dialogue with neighborhood residents, stakeholders, and partners to collectively turn challenges into progress. We have been asking our residents directly what they want their neighborhood to be in the future, and we are listening.
In a significant step for its multi-partner Cornhill initiative, the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties recently welcomed the first two staff dedicated to neighborhood revitalization. Jessica Amber Hernandez and De’Quan Watson, working as community project strategists, will guide and help develop and implement the strategy that connects two planned new centers with nonprofit organizations and residents.