Statements
Mission
Mount Calvary Herman Street Community Development Corporation seeks to strengthen its community by providing programs and social services that meet the holistic needs of the most vulnerable through partnerships that represent our strength.
Background
Mount Calvary Herman Street CDC provides longterm support services and resources for Seniors and Disabled Adults within Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, specifically the Herman Street corridor. Efforts include promoting and providing health and preventive wellness services, chronic disease management seminars and information on emergency preparedness. MCHScdc sponsors a pop-up Clothing Closet, on-going community-wide clean-up/yard sale days and its Seniors on Tech 101 workshops. MCHScdc is in the pre-development planning stage for neighborhood revitalization initiatives along and around the Herman Street Corridor to include Food-oriented development, Affordable Housing for Seniors, and opportunities for community economic development collaborations.
Impact
Mt. Calvary Herman Street CDC's accomplishments from its 2015 fiscal year included successfully launching programming for 'Technology Immersion in Everyday Life' via its Seniors on Tech 101 workshops, participating in the 2015 Big PayBack community giving initiative and lastly, securing a volunteer to assist in the strategic development and implementation of programs with emphasis on capacity building. The MCHScdc's goals for its 2016 program year include (1) Identifying sustainable initiatives, (2) Sourcing and securing program and capacity building funding and (3) being intentional with its Board Development and Training needs.
Needs
Mt. Calvary Herman Street CDC's most pressing needs include the following:Engaged Board MembersOperating FundsVolunteers dedicated to supporting the organization's mission
CEO Statement
Mt. Calvary Herman Street CDC exist to improve the lives of Seniors with Affordable housing through building twenty-eight (30)housing units on property that sits on Herman Street in North Nashville. In addition to housing we proposed to operate a community garden that will employee retired seniors living in the affordable housing units. We will build partnerships with the local community partners so we will be an asset in the community where we live, work and attend family functions. Jefferson Street Jump and Fifteenth Ave CDC are two agencies we will partner with to support activities in the community family friendly eateries along the Jefferson Street corridor in which we will build partnerships.
Service Categories |
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| Primary Category: | Human Services - Human Services |
| Secondary Category: | - |
| Tertiary Category: | - |
Areas Served
| TN - Davidson |
