Boston Street - A Child's Gauntlet

Boston Street the Sequel

The New Beltline Neighborhood

His Truth is Marching On

Meet the Belt Line

A Coalition of Trust

Community Development Corporation, an ecumenical Christian non-profit organization, was legally incorporated as a 501 © (3) in April 2004. Our mission is the holistic revitalization of the Belt Line Neighborhood through partnerships with residents, churches and businesses. Once a strong and vital community, the Belt Line struggles with issues of crime, blight, and chronic unemployment. Our vision includes re-imaging a broken community with new housing, community resources, and building green spaces and parks as a testimony to the creative and loving power of God.

Together, we have achieved many goals:

  • Renovated 30 houses with the assistance of local residents and volunteers, many of which are now occupied by qualified home buyers.
  • Demolished 60 vacant and /or dilapidated structures.
  • Cleared 130 properties and currently keep lawns mowed on 130 lots with the assistance of residents and volunteers.
  • Reduced neighborhood crime by 80% over 20 years.
  • Co-sponsored over 34 neighborhood community building festivals in co-operation with local churches and businesses.
  • Opened the Belt Line Youth Enrichment Center for early childhood, elementary, and middle school children in March 2008. Added a green space playground in 2018 as a community asset.
  • Built a new community resource center in the heart of the Belt Line neighborhood.

Future goals include:

  • Building Senior Safe Cozy Villages for lower income seniors.
  • Maintaining the Community Center as a resource and hub of positive activity for the Belt Line.
  • Craft mid-week worship services that nurture the spiritual needs of the community.

AMAZING GRACE: by the Jubilee Choristers, offered by Jacobs Ladder for a donation of $20