the east trenton collaborative
UNITY - POWER - CHANGE
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Mission: The East Trenton Collaborative is a community organizing initiative in the East Trenton neighborhood of Trenton’s North Ward. By facilitating conversations and action on community priorities, we engage partners, support businesses, and build the power of residents to make East Trenton a great place to live, work, and play.
Organizational History: The East Trenton Collaborative (ETC) has existed, in different forms, since 2008. An economic development organization called CityWorks launched and managed the initiative until 2014, when CityWorks had to close its doors. In 2015, New Jersey Community Capital, a statewide community development financial institution, stepped in to manage ETC. In 2018, ETC shifted its strategy and mission statement to prioritize deeper, community-driven change through community organizing.
What We Do
Organizational History: The East Trenton Collaborative (ETC) has existed, in different forms, since 2008. An economic development organization called CityWorks launched and managed the initiative until 2014, when CityWorks had to close its doors. In 2015, New Jersey Community Capital, a statewide community development financial institution, stepped in to manage ETC. In 2018, ETC shifted its strategy and mission statement to prioritize deeper, community-driven change through community organizing.
What We Do
- Connect neighbors
- Build residents' power
- Improve homes, businesses, and places in the community
AN INITIATIVE OF new jersey community capital...
….a nonprofit community development financial institution that provides innovative financing and technical assistance to foster the creation of quality homes, educational facilities, and employment opportunities in underserved communities of New Jersey. The East Trenton Collaborative is part of NJCC’s Community Strategies Division. Community Strategies provides tools, research, and expertise to help local partnerships across the state to reclaim and repurpose their vacant properties and revitalize their communities.
PARTNERSHIPS
Our mission is to facilitate action and engagement on community priorities. As East Trenton’s community priorities evolve, so do our partnerships. We are always looking for new partnerships to provide services within the East Trenton neighborhood and to amplify locally-led action city-wide.
2019 SUB-GRANTEEs
UrbanPromise Trenton operates two programs out of the East Trenton Center: Camp Grace, an after-school program and summer camp, and the StreetLeaders program, which employs Trenton teens to provide tutoring and support for students K-8 and high school. Additionally, UrbanPromise Trenton leads ETC’s community organizing efforts by hosting activities and events that connect neighbors and support community action.
LALDEF operates ESOL classes and provides bilingual services, like tax preparation, at the East Trenton Center.
AYA Realty Professionals: Sherri Glass, a realtor, helps prepare East Trenton residents for homeownership. Sherri also helps individuals who are interested in selling a home, looking for retail space for a business, and or renovating properties to become landlords or investors. For those interested in homeownership, she hosts Home Buyer 101 workshops and connects individuals with the professionals who can help during the home buying process. She can connect people to credit counseling, down payment assistance, loan officers, inspectors, attorneys, and more.
- UrbanPromise Trenton's mission is to equip Trenton’s children and young adults with the skills necessary for academic achievement, life management, spiritual growth, and Christian leadership.
LALDEF operates ESOL classes and provides bilingual services, like tax preparation, at the East Trenton Center.
- The Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (LALDEF) is a grassroots nonprofit organization formed to defend the civil rights of Latin Americans and facilitate their access to health care and education, as well as to advance cross-cultural understanding in the Mercer County area.
AYA Realty Professionals: Sherri Glass, a realtor, helps prepare East Trenton residents for homeownership. Sherri also helps individuals who are interested in selling a home, looking for retail space for a business, and or renovating properties to become landlords or investors. For those interested in homeownership, she hosts Home Buyer 101 workshops and connects individuals with the professionals who can help during the home buying process. She can connect people to credit counseling, down payment assistance, loan officers, inspectors, attorneys, and more.
AFFILITATES:
Isles, Inc. is conducting an EPA Brownfields Area-Wide Planning process for sites in the East Trenton neighborhood. They also support community gardening efforts in the neighborhood, like the Taylor Street Garden.
Play Soccer Nonprofit International operates the Trenton Youth Soccer League. Their spring, summer, and fall outdoor soccer leagues play in George Page Park. They also promote community health and wellness.
- Isles, Inc. is a community development and environmental organization based in Trenton and founded in 1981 with a mission to foster self-reliant families and healthy, sustainable communities. Isles revitalizes neighborhoods, trains and educates adults and youth, builds wealth, and promotes healthy living.
Play Soccer Nonprofit International operates the Trenton Youth Soccer League. Their spring, summer, and fall outdoor soccer leagues play in George Page Park. They also promote community health and wellness.
- Play Soccer Nonprofit International (PSNI) and the PSNI Network of affiliated organizations support the health, physical and socioeconomic development of children and youth, using the world's most popular sport, soccer/football, to develop players who love the game, have the knowledge and life skills to lead healthy productive lives, and engage to create positive change in their communities.
THANK YOU TO OUR FUNDERS
Customers Bank
PNC Bank
PSE&G
New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance
New Jersey Historic Trust
Princeton Area Community Foundation
Wells Fargo
Wachovia, now the Wells Fargo Regional Foundation
PNC Bank
PSE&G
New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance
New Jersey Historic Trust
Princeton Area Community Foundation
Wells Fargo
Wachovia, now the Wells Fargo Regional Foundation
East Trenton Collaborative | 601 N. Clinton Ave, Trenton
609-393-1625 | etc@urbanpromisetrenton.org | Facebook
609-393-1625 | etc@urbanpromisetrenton.org | Facebook
