by CommunityWorks | Nov 22, 2025 | Blogs
Thanks to your generosity, Mt. Pleasant (Isabella County, Michigan) is creating a place where everyone feels welcome to be their authentic self. Read below to hear from Jennifer, a resident in Mt. Pleasant and part of the Connected Community Catalyst team on how this...
by CommunityWorks | Nov 20, 2025 | Blogs
Thanks to your generosity, Ravine Village (Toledo, Ohio) is helping residents work together to improve their community. The Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority (LMHA) has been a pillar of affordable housing in Lucas County since 1933. Through its programs, including...
by CommunityWorks | Nov 13, 2025 | Blogs
Over the past year, Azalea Park (Orlando, FL) is strengthening their efforts to be a neighborhood that is an insanely amazing place to grow up and grow old. Azalea Park is a growing multicultural neighborhood filled with residents who have been in the neighborhood...
by CommunityWorks | Sep 17, 2025 | Blogs
As part of the Neighborhood Leadership Academy, the Economic Development Corporation of Michigan City has invited CommunityWorks to host the Unlocking Neighborhood Gifts workshop as a core experience for every participant. Over the past two years, more than 50...
by CommunityWorks | Sep 8, 2025 | Blogs
Over the past year, CommunityWorks has begun supporting community building work in the Azalea Park neighborhood of Orange County, FL. Our local team has been building relationships and developing partnerships across the neighborhood. One partner, Colonial High School,...
by CommunityWorks | Aug 23, 2025 | Blogs
Earlier this year, I (Eric Smith) began coaching two incredible Neighborhood Connectors — Trish in Birmingham Terrace and Mandy in Ravine Village — through a new partnership with the Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority (LMHA). Both neighborhoods are low-income,...