"Building a healthy, caring and prosperous community"
Community Building
East End works with area residents in Twin Towers in order to bring about their vision of a community where families and individuals achieve their dreams.
Community Organizing: East End works with Twin Towers neighbors to improve their community by fostering safety. The residents are the eyes and the ears of the neighborhood, protecting citizens and helping law enforcement identify troubled areas. The Stone Soup Club has brought neighbors together to learn about topics like safety, predatory lending, money management and other topics. To view upcoming Stone Soup groups, please see our calendar.
Our neighbors are committed to community transformation. Each year, our neighbors commit thousands of hours to volunteering in the neighborhood. This includes preparing meals for families, organizing events, responding to crises of individuals, painting houses and other efforts.
Culture Builds Community: Festivals, community meetings, dances, dinners and thousands of hours of volunteering--connect neighbors and cultures together. Cultural bridging has demonstrated significant success in improving the quality of life within neighborhoods and creating a climate that promotes new opportunities for economic growth as well as improve tolerance between residents.
The Appalachian Festival is an event that draws people from all over Dayton. In addition, neighbors of Appalachian, Latino, African American and Middle Eastern heritages celebrate their cultures through various neighborhood events throughout the year with music, food and dance in collaboration with our friends at City Folk.
Housing: The neighborhood and East End worked together to create a comprehensive plan that calls for development of new housing which meets the needs of persons in different income levels in Twin Towers. Our housing effort includes assistance to homeowners in repairing their houses. Elderly persons are assisted in making their homes safe and healthy, including home modification for wheelchairs or other physical challenges. Working with the City of Dayton and other partners, the neighborhood is creating a new market for home buyers and persons interested in renting to own housing in our neighborhoods. Please read more about our housing strategy by clicking the link on the right.
Building Businesses: As part of our community transformation efforts, East End is working with partners to create business growth in Twin Towers and East Dayton. Our goal is to increase the number of companies in our area and the number of employees hired as the result of economic development activities.
We see Twin Towers as a destination point for culture and arts that celebrate our unique ethnic diversity. We also see green building and technology as the logical extension of our housing efforts. Come join us in the efforts to create a thriving economy within this Dayton neighborhood.
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East End Community Services 624 Xenia Avenue Dayton, OH 45410 Phone 937-259-1898 FAX: 937-259-1897 Email: ajomantas@east-end.org