Environmental Justice Organizer (PT – afternoons)

This committee works to protect and enhance the neighborhood environment of Harrison’s residents. Environmental Justice is a key component of work to cleanup Superfund sites and reduce air emissions from local businesses.

The committee organizes creek and neighborhood cleanups and plantings. Environmental education, advocacy and “Learning Moments” are provided to the community.

This is currently being organized in order to beautify the neighborhood.

CLEAN SWEEP is coordinated by this committee every September.

This committee has taken on additional efforts to organize in the community such as :

N.A.A.G.S. (Neighbors against abandoned gas stations or Neighbors against gross structures)

Sit-ins, protests, and cleanup strategies are used to help rid the neighborhood of blight and unsightly properties (especially businesses)

Food Co-op

Meets 4th Tuesday of each month

An outgrowth of the demolition of the abandoned gas station at Penn and Glenwood is a new development called, “Harrison Commons”. Harrison Commons will be a mixed used development with housing and about 8,000 sq. ft. of retail space.

One of the projects being considered for this retail space is a Natural Food Co-op with an emphasis on ethnic and locally grown foods.