The Central Promise Neighborhood effort is an exciting community collaboration dedicated to promoting the educational success of children in Central.

Over the next several weeks, the Sisters of Charity Foundation will host, on behalf of the Central Promise Neighborhood, a series of Community Conversations. The purpose of these meetings is to hear from you – the community as they continue to build upon the vision of Promise, identify new resources and opportunities to support Promise and further inform the development of the 2012 application to the Department of Education to fund the effort. Each community conversation will have a unique focus and be hosted throughout the Central neighborhood.

All community memebers are encouraged to attend, including:

•  residents (students, parents, guardians),
• community-based organizations,
•  service providers,
• agencies,
• elected officials,
• business leaders,
• school staff and administration,
• faith leaders
•  and other community stakeholders.

Following is the calendar for the upcoming series of Community Conversations. You are welcome to attend all or part of the series.

• Monday      May 21st         3pm -  5pm    Community Meeting #1 – Onward & Upward in 2012 @ Trinity Commons
• Thursday   May 24th     8am – 10 am   Community Meeting    #1 – Onward & Upward in 2012 (Repeat) @ Golden Ciphers
• Monday        June 4th          3pm –  5pm
• Friday           June 8th          9am – 11am
• Tuesday        June 26th       3pm -  5pm
• Wednesday  July 11th         8am – 10am
• Monday        July 16th         3pm -   5pm

To RSVP for the Kick-off Community Conversation, hosted on May 21^st or May 24^th, please call Dave Kelly at Sisters of Charity Foundation  (216) 241-9300 or email Dkelly@socfcleveland.org.

Check the BBC blog for additional details and meeting reminders for the remaining community conversations.  For additional information on the Cleveland Central Promise Neighborhood, please visit, www.clevelandpromiseneighborhood.org

Our friends at the East 73rd St. Block Club, were recently given an opportunity to recieve a complete website, designed by interns from Channel 5, and were interviewed as a part of the project. What a great opportunity to show the amazing work those residents have done in their neighborhood. BBC is very proud to see such great work rewarded in the Central neighborhood, and we look forward to their continued success.

Check out their website HERE!

And the interview about their block club and the website HERE

The latest issue of The Community Connector is now online.  Download it here.

The ever popular City of Cleveland Paint Program will not be active this year because of city budget constraints and shrinking resources.  As such, free paint and supplies will not be available to residents from BBC and other local development corporations as they have been in the past.

While its future beyond 2012 remains uncertain, please be sure to check future issues of The Community Connector and BBC’s website for updates about the Paint Program.

For information about available home repair and improvement programs, please click here or call BBC at (216) 341-1455.