‘For Us and By Us’: South Bronx Advocates Celebrate Progress on New Community Center
Bronx Times
By: Emily Swanson
A project that South Bronx community leaders have envisioned for over a decade is inching closer to fruition.
On Feb. 22, leaders from South Bronx Unite, the Mott Haven Port Morris Community Land Stewards, Alembic Community Development and other groups gathered for an outdoor concert and press conference to celebrate the vision of the future H.E.A.rts Community Center — and to remind elected officials of the hefty funding required to make it happen.
The H.E.A.rts Community Center was the winning concept selected from a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the abandoned city-owned site, put out by the city in October 2022. H.E.A.rts was selected in summer 2023 and the project remains in the “pre-development” stage.
