Promise Neighborhoods Seek To Uplift Communities

Our neighbors in Northwest Dayton have a vision of what their community can become.

I think this community can become the same way it was back in the 70s.

This area back in the 70s was beautiful.

It was gorgeous.

You know, the lawns were well kept.

The streets were maintained.

Overall, it was just a beautiful place to live.

Some people simply don't know resources exist.

This is the only life that they've ever lived.

So if more of us can use our voices and show up and do what you're doing today to help be the awareness.

And the neighborhood

is well on its way, in part because of an organization that is helping lift up community members.

The Hope Zone Promise Neighborhoods create pathways to self-sufficiency with a focus on the youth from cradle to career.

We're inside the Hope Center to see how they do it.

Omega is one of nearly 50 federally funded Promise Neighborhoods nationwide, recognizing that in order to get kids on a good path, you must provide support for the entire family.

One of the ways Omega is helping the community is through home ownership with the Rise Northwest Community Development Corporation.

We spoke to some of the leaders of the program and we spoke to some homeowners on this street about how the program helped them become homeowners as well as moving to new homes being built just like this.

So let's get into it.

This is Brick by Brick, solutions for a thriving community.

Hello and welcome to Brick by Brick, where we're highlighting solutions for a thriving community in Southwest Ohio.

I'm your host, Anne Thompson.

Today, we shine a light on the Omega Community Development Organization, which decades ago recognized a need in Northwest Dayton.

Let's begin by meeting a few people in that community.

Hi, my name is Brittany.

I've lived in this area in Dayton for seven months.

Our neighbors in Northwest Dayton have a vision of what their community can become.

I think this community can become the same way it was back in the 70s.

This area back in the 70s was beautiful.

It was gorgeous.

You know, the lawns were well kept.

The streets were maintained.

Overall, it was just a beautiful place to live.

Some people simply don't know resources exist.

This is the only life that they've ever lived.

So if more of us can use our voices and show up and do what you're doing today to help be the awareness.

And the neighborhood

is well on its way, in part because of an organization that is helping lift up community members.

The Hope Zone Promise Neighborhoods create pathways to self-sufficiency with a focus on the youth from cradle to career.

We're inside the Hope Center to see how they do it.

Omega is one of nearly 50 federally funded Promise Neighborhoods nationwide, recognizing that in order to get kids on a good path, you must provide support for the entire family.

One of the ways Omega is helping the community is through home ownership with the Rise Northwest Community Development Corporation.

We spoke to some of the leaders of the program and we spoke to some homeowners on this street about how the program helped them become homeowners as well as moving to new homes being built just like this.

So let's get into it.

This is Brick by Brick, solutions for a thriving community.

Hello and welcome to Brick by Brick, where we're highlighting solutions for a thriving community in Southwest Ohio.

I'm your host, Anne Thompson.

Today, we shine a light on the Omega Community Development Organization, which decades ago recognized a need in Northwest Dayton.

Let's begin by meeting a few people in that community.

Hi, my name is Brittany.

I've lived in this area in Dayton for seven months.