Oil City, Pennsylvania

Renaissance is an ambitious community plan designed to address immediate needs expressed by citizens of Oil City, Pennsylvania. Renaissance has been able to eliminate unsafe dilapidated properties and convert them into housing properties for the elderly, improve basic infrastructure, and renovate significant historic property. Community Partnerships were formed to construct 89 units of special need housing for elderly, handicapped/disabled, at-risk youth, and victims of domestic violence. More than 100 volunteers contributed over 1,800 hours of labor to address this serious community building need. Focus On Our Future (FOOF) improves the lives of children and youth by building families’ capacity to nurture children, building assets in youth, and strengthening the community’s ability to act in concert.

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