Cardinal Village1

Will Mackaman

Cardinal Village Area Demographics

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● Median Age: 31.6

o 77% African American

o 15% White alone

o 6% Two or more races

o 2% Hispanic or Latino

● Median Household Income: $14,192

● 80% Renter Occupied, 20% Owner Occupied

● Poverty Rate: 53%

● Number of children enrolled in school: 660 (~33% of population)

Character and Location● Public housing complex

● Young population

● Crime

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Assets

◉ Lots of people inside the neighborhood

◉ Constance Covington Youth Center

◉ DRHA

◉ Tenant Association

◉ Pumpkin Creek Park

◉ DCC

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Challenges◉ Poverty

◉ Gun violence in certain areas

◉ Need for connections

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Opportunities

◉ Build on CCYC Youth Center

◉ Connect to youth work in Danville

◉ Collaboration between DRHA complexes

◉ Improvement to Pumpkin Creek Park

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Best Practice These examples are to be used as inspiration of excellence that should be scaled appropriately for communities of our size in the Danville city.

◉ Eastside Rising

◉ Harlem Children’s Zone

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Recommendations

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◉ Build on Constance Covington Youth Center

◉ Spread the leadership amongst residents

◉ Next level: teenagers and young adults

Final ProjectFrederick Newell, The Dream Center of Iowa City▷ Lunch Discussion▷ Brothers Rising

Youth movement speakers

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THANK YOU CARDINAL VILLAGE!