Buiding a Healthy Community

MISSION STATEMENT

To create and sustain a healthy community where "neighbors" value one another, embrace diversity, and nurture a "family and community spirit" that demands opportunities for all in the quest for unity and prosperity.

The Consortium for Economic and Community Development (CECD) is the newly formed community development corporation serving the City of Cleveland's Ward 7 Hough community. CECD is a Not for Profit 501 (c) 3 corporation established in 2001, and incorporated in 2003 as the community's foremost outreach entity to develop residential and economic development projects.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Consortium for Economic & Community Development, inc.
8610 Hough Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Phone: (216) 229-2323
Fax: (216) 229-2322
Web: www.houghward7.org

BOARD MEMBERS

• Ms. Sandra Fleming Brooks, Chairman
• Honorable Councilwoman Fannie M. Lewis, Ex-Officio
• Mr. Anthony Singleton, Vice Chairman
• Ms. Linda Shay, Treasurer
• Barry King, Esq., Secretary
• Ms. Carol Friedman, Membership Committee
• Mr. Charles Demore, Planning Committee
• Mr. Anthony Bumbalis, Community Advisory Committee
• Patrice Marshall, Fund Raising Committee
• Mr. Emmanuel Leeks, Operations Committee

STAFF

• Lois Ali, Executive Director
• James Battey, Community Outreach Worker
• Cheryl Fruits, Labor Initiative Coordinator
• Derrick Gilmore, Veteran Representative Volunteer
• Melran J. Leach, Sr., Economic Development Director
• Sarah Marshal, Community Worker
• Bill Patmon, Consultant East Erie Enterprise, LLC
• Errol Porter, Service Provider Coordinator
• Jeff Rivers, Director of Housing and Marketing
• Lena Roberts, Controller/Accountant
• Jacqueline Rogers-Overbey, Community Worker
• Jim Smith, Security
• Willie Starkey, Service Provider Director
• Joe Veniziano, Fiscal Agent
• Anita Worley, Administrative Assistant
• Rosalinda Demore, Hough Council Director
  
  

  
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  Merchant & Service Directory