PACT’s vision is to create a healthy, financially and environmentally sustainable community where residents have access to safe and affordable housing, quality healthcare and education, and employment opportunities on the Near East Side of Columbus, Ohio.
Partners Achieving Community Transformation (PACT) is a partnership between the City of Columbus, The Ohio State University, the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) and Near East Side stakeholders.
Purpose Built Communities
Our strategic partner, Purpose Built Communities, is working to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. It does so by helping local leaders transform struggling neighborhoods and bringing together the vital components necessary for holistic community revitalization: high-quality mixed-income housing, an effective cradle-to-college education pipeline, and comprehensive community wellness resources. In order to do this, it must be organized and driven by a single-purpose non-profit community quarterback.
In Columbus, that community quarterback is PACT.
The History of the Near East Side
“Bronzeville” was coined by James Gentry, a theater reviewer for the Chicago Bee. He promoted Bronzeville to describe the color of the residents in a Chicago community and the name resonated with others across the country. Columbus Blacks in the 1900s adopted the name for a very unique and prosperous community formed on Columbus’ near east side.
Bronzeville today is the area from Broad Street to the south, 20 th Street to the east, Atcheson Street to the north, and I-71 to the west. The original Bronzeville neighborhood was bound by Woodland St. to the east, Cleveland Ave. to the west, the Pennsylvania Railroad (now 1-670) to the north and Broad St.to the south.
Community Leadership
The Near East Side Neighborhood Leadership Academy is designed to provide community members with the knowledge, relationships, and confidence to discover their existing leadership abilities and play a leading role in community change.
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