Community Outreach Partnership Centers Program FY 1999 Grantee

UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA, PENSACOLA, FL -- $399,999

The University of West Florida will receive a Community Outreach Partnership Centers Program New Grant of $399,999 to work with community partners in four neighborhoods in the City of Pensacola. These neighborhoods-Brownsville, Morris Court, Belmont, and East King Tract-reflect the traditional urban problems of poverty, low income, high unemployment, high crime rates, along with the need for fair and affordable housing. While there has been some neighborhood organizing, there is much left to be done.

Among the activities West Florida will undertake are:

• Identifying and training community leaders in the four neighborhoods;

• Developing and delivering entrepreneurial and business-related training programs for people desiring to start or expand their businesses;

• Opening a small business incubator;

• Conducting several conferences for residents, lending institutions, and homebuilders to expand fair and affordable housing opportunities; and

• Creating a new Sustainable Community Development Concentration in the University's Masters Degree in Public Administration as a way to expand the number of professionals who understand and are committed to community development.

Contact: Dr. C.E. Wynn Teasley, 850-474-2367

Content Archived: January 20, 2009