Commitment to Community
Commitment to Community (C2C) is a coalition of public and private service providers focused on working alongside neighborhood residents in a grassroots manner. In this way, residents take ownership and address their own issues.
C2C is in its fifth year working to empower neighbors to take ownership in building a healthier neighborhood and community. During the third year of their work, they were awarded a Blue Mountain Community Foundation Grant through the First Fruits Fund of Vista Hermosa.
In his introduction at the awards ceremony, Lawson Knight, Executive Director of Blue Mountain Coummunity Foundation, said, “Building a healthy community and economy begins from within, through investing in people and neighborhoods. Research shows that significant community development occurs only when local residents have a sense of ownership and are committed to “investing” themselves and their resources in the effort.
As a result, investing in the C2C process – empowering residents to solve their own problems based on an understanding of their neighborhood assets, capacities and abilities, rather than on their needs – is the most effective vehicle to influence civic change….”
To learn more about this important community effort you can visit their new website at or watch a slide show of the early days of C2C.
The Staff of Commitment to Community
C2C Coordinator
Julia Leavitt ~ julial@bmacww.org (509) 540-0583
Washington Park Neighborhood
Federico Diaz ~ diaz032303@yahoo.com (509) 629-0028
Edith & Carrie Park Neighborhood
Julia Leavitt ~ julial@bmacww.org (509) 540-0583
Jefferson Park Neighborhood
Lupe Mares ~ lupem@bmacww.org (509) 520-1345