Homewood Community Development Collaborative – The Homewood Community Development Collaborative is a group of non-profits coming together to create opportunities for Homewood.

Our Members

Building United of Southwest PA

BUSP is Pennsylvania 501 ©3 non-profit Corporation with a mission to assist low-moderate income persons acquire quality affordable housing....
Community Empowerment Association

Community Empowerment Association Inc. (CEA) was organized by Mr. T. Rashad Byrdsong in 1994 to address the needs of...
Homewood Brushton Community Ministries

Homewood Brushton Community Ministries is and association of pastors who are united by our faith in Christ and whose...
Homewood Children’s Village

The mission of the Homewood Children’s Village (HCV) is to improve the lives of Homewood’s children and simultaneously reweave...
Homewood-Brushton Business Association

The mission of the Homewood-Brushton Business Association (HBBA) is to foster the development and growth of the Homewood-Brushton Business...
Operation Better Block

The mission of Operation Better Block, Inc. is to strategize, organize and mobilize, block by block, to benefit the...
Race Street 2050 Inc.

On the afternoon of July 31, 2008, two men were killed in the 7600 block of Race Street by...
YMCA Homewood-Brushton

The Homewood-Brushton YMCA was founded in 1914 and held its first meetings at a church at the corner of...
YWCA

YWCA Greater Pittsburgh is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all....

"The value of a Collaborative is that you're getting multiple experiences and perspectives that you're able to leverage and bring together in a holistic way."

T. Rashad Byrdsong
CEO, Community Empowerment Association
"A collaborative initiative in Homewood will bring together resources, intellect, skill sets, and people to address the various issues that impact the quality of life in Homewood."

Rev. Sam Ware
Executive Director, Building United of Southwestern PA
"A collaborative of organizations can really reach that goal of really bringing Homewood back and making it a community where people want to live and want to come to."

Jerome Jackson
Executive Director, Operation Better Block
"What you'll see is a lot of activity on low-hanging, quick hit projects. At the same time we'll be working to assemble the comprehensive Community Plan."

Rev. Ricky Burgess
Pittsburgh City Councilman
"We are tearing down the stereotype that we can't work together. These community groups and leaders put the lie to that. Second, we have a commitment from the Mayor to make sure this group is at the development table. And backed by the Mayor, we will move Homewood forward."

Ed Gainey
PA State Representative
"There's no head chair because this is a round table, a different model. This comes from Homewood up, not top-down from Grant Street. And when developers come with their agendas, the community will say no, we determine the agenda. And if you don't want to do it, we'll find a developer who will."

Bill Peduto
Pittsburgh Mayor

Our Members

"The value of a Collaborative is that you're getting multiple experiences and perspectives that you're able to leverage and bring together in a holistic way."

T. Rashad Byrdsong

"A collaborative initiative in Homewood will bring together resources, intellect, skill sets, and people to address the various issues that impact the quality of life in Homewood."

Rev. Sam Ware

"A collaborative of organizations can really reach that goal of really bringing Homewood back and making it a community where people want to live and want to come to."

Jerome Jackson

"What you'll see is a lot of activity on low-hanging, quick hit projects. At the same time we'll be working to assemble the comprehensive Community Plan."

Rev. Ricky Burgess

"We are tearing down the stereotype that we can't work together. These community groups and leaders put the lie to that. Second, we have a commitment from the Mayor to make sure this group is at the development table. And backed by the Mayor, we will move Homewood forward."

Ed Gainey

"There's no head chair because this is a round table, a different model. This comes from Homewood up, not top-down from Grant Street. And when developers come with their agendas, the community will say no, we determine the agenda. And if you don't want to do it, we'll find a developer who will."

Bill Peduto