EMANCIPATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
2320 ELGIN ST, HOUSTON, TX 77004 www.emancipationhouston.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: OUR MISSION IS TO INSPIRE HOPE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE REVITALIZATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE EMANCIPATION PARK NEIGHBORHOOD OF THIRD WARD. ITS VISION IS A RESILIENT, DYNAMIC, AND ECONOMICALLY PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, WORK AND THRIVE IN A HISTORICALLY AND CULTURALLY RICH AFRICAN AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE CORPORATION'S ACTIVITIES COMBAT COMMUNITY DETERIORATION BY ASSISTING IN THE RENEWAL AND REHABILITATION OF THE HOUSTON, TEXAS THIRD WARD NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE AFFECTED AREAS WITHIN THE FOLLOWING STREET BOUNDARIES: NORTH BOUNDARY - I-45 SOUTH; EAST BOUNDARY - ENNIS AND SAUER STREET; SOUTH BOUNDARY - ALABAMA STREET, WEST BOUNDARY - SH 288 AND U. S. 59/I-69

THE EMANCIPATION AVENUE MAIN STREET PROGRAM CREATES AND SUPPORTS EQUITABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY REVITALIZING COMMERCE, CELEBRATING AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE, AND PROMOTING CREATIVITY ON THE EMANCIPATION AVENUE CORRIDOR IN HOUSTONS HISTORIC THIRD WARD COMMUNITY.

CONDUCTED TRAINING CLASSES FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHICH INCLUDED MARKETING/ADVERTISING, UNDERSTANDING YOUR FINANCES, IMPORTANCE OF GOOD CREDIT, TAX COMPLIANCE, BUDGETING, ACCOUNTING/BOOKKEEPING, WRITING A BUSINESS PLAN.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS ARE CREATED WITH THE TERM UJIMA IN MIND IN AN EFFORT TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND TO MAKE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS PROBLEMS, OUR PROBLEMS AND TO SOLVE THEM TOGETHER. THE GOALS OF RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT ARE TO PROTECT VULNERABLE RESIDENTS FROM DISPLACEMENT, PROMOTE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL INTEGRATION OF ECONOMICALLY MARGINALIZED RESIDENTS, AND TO SUPPORT THE SOCIAL MOBILITY OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED RESIDENTS.

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