East District Family Resource Center
- * The community had changed
- * Stores had closed
- * There was no safe place for kids to hang out
- * You had to go downtown to get health care
- * An evening out with the kids just cost too much...
Miss Annie knew it could be different. She and other women from the community found a space. They went to City Hall. Council agreed to let them rent the unused city building. $1.00 per year. The Jackson Foundation gave money to rehab the space. Community residents abated asbestos, picked colors, and designed everything from programs to bathrooms. That's how we started in 1998.
The Family Resource Center
. . . built by neighbors, for neighbors.
