DEPARTMENT: Office of EastPoint
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Etienne, Ph.D.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 2
SUBJECT:
Briefing and status report on the EastPoint revitalization initiative.
SUMMARY:
The Office of EastPoint and its partners will provide a briefing on the status of the EastPoint revitalization initiative, including specific updates on the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative/ Wheatley Courts Transformation Plan, Eastside Promise Neighborhood, and the Promise Zone designation. Additionally, staff will brief Council on accomplishments in the areas of public safety, workforce development, education, housing, economic development, street improvements, community engagement and sustainability.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
EastPoint is a place-based revitalization initiative designed to comprehensively revitalize the Eastside by linking housing improvements with wider public services, such as high performing schools, human services, public safety and employment opportunities. The collective vision is that: By 2015, EastPoint will be a vibrant, mixed-income community, rich in diversity and opportunity, catalyzing progress throughout the Eastside.
EastPoint is located on the city's Eastside (map included as attachment A) is comprised of a four square mile target area within the Promise Zone that is made up of the combined footprint of the Promise Neighborhood and Choice Neighborhood Initiatives. There are a total of four major federal revitalization initiatives in the EastPoint footprint, totaling over $54 million (see table below). In addition to the $54 million in federal grants and initiatives, an additional $10.2 million have been secured by 16 entities for projects or programs within the Eastside Promise Zone. San Antonio is the only city in the nation to receive these three major federal grants and the Promise Zone designation.
Choice Neighborhood Initiative
Eastside Promise Neighborhood Initiative
Byrne Criminal Justice Grants
Promi...
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