Every neighborhood should have “access to great schools, and strong family and community support systems” that will prepare kids for college and a career. That’s the vision of the Department of Education which funds nearly 50 so-called “Promise Neighborhoods.” Omega Community Development Corporation’s Hope Zone in Northwest Dayton is one of them and for decades it has been having success uplifting seventeen neighborhoods.  

Interview guests: Rev. Vanessa Ward, CEO RISE Northwest Development Corporation; Rachel Ward, president Omega CDC; Dawna Remencus, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Sinclair Liaison; Janiece Malone, maternal coach Omega CDC; Maleishia McIntosh, Hope Center Participant; Tanisha Burns-Martin, community development manager, RISE Northwest; Renata Waters, Fairview resident; Jenish Tidd, Fairview resident, Brittany Riese, Dayton resident; Jeffrey Hughes, Dayton resident.

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