Community Development

The mission of the Community Development Department is to create
a “community of opportunity” through job opportunities, job training and business development. Our goal is to facilitate and increase employment for the homeless in Southern Arizona by developing and facilitation of economic enterprise for communities and individuals.

OPCF will identify and implement a process for identifying economic enterprise opportunities and prioritizing them for development support. Our goal is to develop job skill development programs, small business start-up and development skills programs, build relationships with financing organizations including micro-enterprise lenders, community development finance organizations, New Market Tax Credit facilitators, Community Development Bank Services, and build relationships with other economic development organizations in the community.

The Community Development module is in our strategic plan for 2008. We are currently inactive but seeking opportunity for fulfilling our mission.

Economic Enterprise
Director, Nick Jones (520) 546-0122 x 205
nickjones@helptucson.org

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