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HANDS at work:
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![]() HANDS Executive Director, Patrick Morrissy, receives a citation from United States Senator Frank R. Lautenberg in his Newark office, celebrating the organization’s 20th anniversary as a neighborhood revitalization organization. The citation acknowledges the nonprofit’s years of crucial work in redeveloping targeted abandoned properties to stabilize neighborhoods in Orange and East Orange, expanding homeownership opportunities, cleaning up industrial brownfields and engaging citizens in planning for the future of their neighborhoods and city. HANDS has been a charter affiliate member of NeighborWorks America since 1999. Shown L – R: HANDS Board of Directors Chair, Anita Rainford, an East Orange resident; United States Senator Frank R. Lautenberg; HANDS Executive Director, Patrick Morrissy; NeighborWorks America Director of National Initiatives and Applied Research, Nelson Merced |
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After nearly four years of environmental investigation
and clean-up, the NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection has given HANDS the
go ahead to convert the F. Berg hat factory to residential use.
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On August 2, 2006 the Orange City Council approved a
proposal by Harvard Redevelopment Associates (a HANDS partnership) to
redevelop South Jefferson Street from Central
Avenue to Nassau Street. ![]() Drawing: Stephen Yablon, architect |
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Please go to the News from HANDS page for information on
recent events such as The BIGG Event, the Neighborhood Impact Award
and Neighborworks Day 2005. Please go to the HANDS
in the News page to see what others are saying about us.
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HANDS was founded in 1986 by a group of clergy and community leaders to ensure that the neighborhoods of Orange and East Orange remain good places to raise a family.
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The centerpiece of our strategy is to revitalize neighborhoods through the high-impact development of vacant, troubled properties. There are seven inter-related core elements of the strategy:
| Redevelopment of pivotal properties in target neighborhoods. | |
| Increasing home ownership: Investing in first time homebuyers. | |
| Strengthening neighborhood organizations. | |
| Developing leadership. | |
| Increasing effective citizen engagement. | |
| Forging strategic partnerships. | |
| Shaping public policy and private sector initiatives. |
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