North Shore Community

Development Coalition
Community Engagement
Program
Dedicated to investing in low-income neighborhoods to
create thriving communities

Summary and Strategies

Contact
North Shore Community Development Coalition

North Shore Community Engagement Program is

focused on getting people more involved and engaged

in the community. The programs main focus is on
building relationships in the community through
community events, one-on-ones, and local campaigns
during the first few years of the organizations growth. The
Community Engagement Program is a smaller part of the
organization North Shore Community Development
Coalition which is an organization to help build
affordable housing for people who are in need of it, and
to invest in neighborhoods to create thriving

Beverly Engagment Coordinator (978) 745-8071 Ext.

5381
Salem Engagement Coordinator (978) 745-8071 Ext.
5086
102 Lafayette Street
Salem, MA 01970
Tel: (978) 745-8071
northshore@cdc.org
Please also check out our Facebook page:

North Shore Community Development Coalition

Engagement Program is leadership driven, and

development driven. The Engagement Strategy
consists of encouraging residents to participate in
opportunities to make decisions over changes in their
community, to involve residents in projects that create
positive community improvement, and to advocate for
resources in low-income neighborhoods we serve.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/
North-Shore-Community-Development-Coalition/109179079172609

Salem
The Point Neighborhoods Vision and Action Plan
is something created by non-profit and grassroots
stakeholders to create a way for improving the
Point Neighborhood between the years of 20132020. This project was created to empower r
esidents to create their own community vision
and to use resources to create a suitable living
community.
Please visit our North
Shore Community
Development Coalition
Website for information
on upcoming events
http://northshorecdc.
org/?page_id=503

Community members have been

engaged in continuing plans of
building and sustaining more civic
engagement for the future.

Beverly
Impacts
70% of respondents stated that the
community has improved over the last 3
years
69 % of residents polled feel that Gloucester
crossing has improved over the past 3 years
of respondent listed their home as what
they like most about living here
40% of these respondents live in buildings built by NSCDC

Community
Profile
84 % of the population is white,
9 % is other/mixed and
7% is black/African American.

Internships

The North Shore CDC has a

successful history in hosting interns
from Boston University, Columbia
University, Endicott College, North
Shore
Community College, and Salem
State
th Shore CDC matches student
and adult volunteers interests with our diverse
programming to

Beverly

Our work targets

peoples personal experiences, their history of the
neighborhood and the values
they have for their
community.

An example of something we do once a

moth is an informal community meeting with
residents and stakeholders. This takes place
on the first Thursday of every month and
takes place so residents can connect with
other neighbors and social service providers
across the city. By providing a place where
people can get together for an evening it
helps to create a stronger sense of community. At each event there is a community resource invited to speak and share literature
as well as having a dinner provided. There is
also interactive activities for children.

Salem

Impacts

Community Profile
63 % non-white, consisting of
mostly Latino immigrants
and second and older
generations as well as newer
arrivals from Haiti and African
countries

$500k leveraged funding

for neighborhood improves in
Salem
101 new registered voters in the
Point neighborhood
Crime rates decreased by 75%
Members in the community
more actively involved
in community

Volunteering
and Donating
You can easily donate
through the NSCDC homepage
and find more information about
volunteering by contacting and
NSCDC member. You can also
get involved by attending
events that are posted on
the NSCDC page