Community Building & Engagement | Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain, Inc.

COMMUNITY

BUILDING & ENGAGEMENT

NHSNB’s Community Building & Engagement (CB&E) service supports the development of strong resident leaders to sustain neighborhood groups with the aim of building resilient, vibrant local communities.

WHAT WE DO

IMPROVE

NEIGHBORHOODS

Upon request, we work with neighborhood groups to develop and implement strategies to improve their neighborhoods, build cultures of health, and strengthen community, such as the Historic Homes Tax Credit Workshop held in the Arch Street Area in September 2018, visioning workshops within the schools, and the Trauma-Informed Community Development initiative

SUPPORT RESIDENT LEADERS

We provide resident leadership development opportunities, such as NeighborWorks’ Annual Community Leadership Institute, where resident leaders gain new knowledge and skills through workshops, network with their peers from across the nation, and participate in action planning.

Rep. Jahana Hayes at Spark the Park - NE

BUILD COMMUNITIES

We sponsor or support community-building activities with neighborhood groups, such as Community Clean-Up Days, Build a Better Block celebrations, and the Spark the Park Cleanup with Eblen’s and the City of New Britain in April 2019

Get Involved

Volunteer

WE WORK WITH

CITY

DEPARTMENTS

NON-PROFITS

SCHOOLS

BUSINESSES

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Eblen’s employees teamed up with the North Oak neighborhood and the City of New Britain to clean up Willow St. Park in April 2019 for the Spark the Park event. Eblen’s was founded in New Britain 70 years ago.

Resident Leaders Vicky Ramos and Community Building Director Daria Keyes at the April Spark the Park event.

Resident leaders, YW staff and teens stuff backpacks donated by Walmart and YWCA New Britain following youth party attended by 120 teens

Joey Listro, Executive Director of New Britain Roots, helps children plant seeds at the Spark the Park Clean Up at Willow St. Park in April 2019

Northend School Principal Talisha Foy and New Britain Schools’ Superintendent Nancy Sarra cheer on the students on their first day of play on the playscape.

Group photo from North Oak Neighborhood Clean Up Day in October 2018

New Britain teens held a youth party in August 2019 to support the collection of donations for 30 back-to-school backpacks for students at Northend Elementary School in August 2019. Youth party was sponsored by NHSNB with help of YWCA New Britain. Second from left, Principal Talisha Foy displays packed backpacks with her staff at Northend

Students at Northend School play on the new playscape equipment installed at Northend in April 2019. The project was achieved through the collaborative efforts of the Arch Area NRZ, Northend School, Consolidated School District of New Britain, and NHSNB.

A team of six community leaders participated in the Trauma-Informed Community Development (TICD) institute training in June 2019. TICD is part of several strategies being implemented by the community to build a Resilient New Britain

Representative Jahana Hayes helps out at the Spark the Park event in Willow St. Park in April 2019.

QUESTIONS?

For further questions on Community Building & Engagement please contact:

DARIA KEYES

Director of Community Building & Engagement