Align resources
Bring member organizations to one table so that effort and funding pull in the same direction, instead of competing for the same dollars.
Our Mission
Development that happens with the community, never to it.
We align people, partners, and resources to build a stronger Greater Hazelwood, advancing the economic, social, and physical well-being of every resident and stakeholder who calls this neighborhood home.
Adopted in the GHCC Bylaws
The promise at the center
Develop without displacement
Greater Hazelwood is changing. New investment is arriving, much of it drawn by the redevelopment of the former mill site at Hazelwood Green. That change can build a stronger neighborhood, or it can push out the very people who have held this community together for generations.
The Collaborative exists to make sure it is the former. We bring the neighborhood's organizations together so that growth happens with us and through us, not to us. We welcome new investment and new neighbors while protecting the residents, history, and culture that make this place home.
That is what we mean by develop without displacement, and it is the standard we hold every plan, partner, and project to.
In practice
What the mission asks of us
Keep watch as gatekeepers
Hold developers and decision-makers accountable to the community's own neighborhood plan, Our Hands, Our Plan.
Represent one Greater Hazelwood
Speak for the whole neighborhood, Hazelwood and Glen Hazel alike, as a single community rather than divided turf. That is why we are Greater Hazelwood.
Put people first
Advocate for affordable housing, good local jobs, accessible streets, and healthy parks, so families can stay in the community and thrive.
Development was coming to the community, and we didn’t want it to just happen to us. We wanted it to happen with us and through us.Pastor Tim Smith.President of GHCC, Greater Hazelwood resident
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This work belongs to all of us.
Membership is open to nonprofits, community groups, businesses, churches, and institutions working for the betterment of Greater Hazelwood. Come to a meeting, or bring your organization into the Collaborative.
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