Dear Friends,

We are pleased to announce that our youth jobs

program has received affiliation with the national youth

program– YouthBuild USA. Now known as YouthBuild

North Shore ,our program will continue to grow with the

support of the YouthBuild network, program design,

training, and state & federal funding opportunities.

YouthBuild North Shore reflects the North Shore CDC’s

community development mission, to increase self-sufficiency in our residents by

providing social, economic, and leadership development opportunities. Not only

does it transform neighborhoods through the hard work of our young

employees, it also provides an opportunity to strengthen our future leaders by

working with the students from Salem Community Charter School.

Many Thanks,

In this issue

x

X

x

Winter 2013 Newsletter

The North Shore

Community

Development

Coalition provides

quality affordable

homes and fosters

economic

empowerment and

community

development in the

north shore.

In this issue:

“What’s the

Point?”

Community

Plan It Game

Community

Impacts

Report

Hundreds

Take the

Polar Plunge

New Faces at

the North

Shore CDC

The North Shore CDC’s youth jobs program empowers young

adults with the competency and desire to transform their

lives and improve their communities through education,

employment, and leadership development. The North Shore

CDC partners with the local Salem Community Charter

School to offer the students part-time jobs enriched with

leadership development , service learning projects with

tangible impacts, and future pursuits in college and careers.

As YouthBuild North Shore, the program can successfully

and sustainably grow to serve youth at both a higher quality

and quantity. “YouthBuild has an impressive national record

of helping young people at risk turn their lives around and

make valuable contributions to their communities. I am

thrilled that the North Shore CDC has become affiliated with YouthBuild USA and will be bringing a YouthBuild

program to the North Shore - it's a great match,” remarked Diana Kerry, Director of the Public Policy Institute at

North Shore Community College and Board Member of the North Shore CDC.

Youth Program Achieves YouthBuild North Shore Status!

Mickey Northcutt, Chief Executive Officer

Building Homes

Winter 2013 Page 2

North Shore CDC’s community development activities and

programs provide united, networked opportunities for social,

civic, and economic empowerment of residents in the com-

munities we serve, so that they may further the goals of

neighborhood revitalization in their own communities.

Community Engagement Impacts

755 voters turned out in Salem’s Ward 1-2, an increase

over the past 2 presidential elections

32 new residents taking an active leadership role

17 neighborhood improvement projects

78% of Gloucester Crossing residents identify the

neighborhood as “Welcoming to new residents”

1 community room built

Youth Jobs Impacts

30 youth enrolled in leadership programs

600 hours of community service work from youth back

into their neighborhoods

9 public places restores & 2 parks revitalized

Community English Impacts

95% served are considered low or extremely-low income

60% of students indicated they have secured a job as a

result of the North Shore CDC’s English classes

Family Stability Impacts

189 low income households engaged in Family Stability

services, increasing resident self-sufficiency

47 households have increased their participation in the

community (pursuing citizenship, registering to vote, etc.)

Volunteer Impacts

$23,933 in in-kind services from skilled volunteers

Partnered with 6 different colleges and universities

Leonette Strout, President

Keller Williams

Salem

Kate Newhall, Vice-President

City of Beverly

Beverly

Judith Zolla, Treasurer

Greater Salem Employees Federal

Credit Union

Revere

Linda Anderson-Mercier, Clerk

River House, Inc.

Beverly

David Jacobson

Salem State University

Salem

Adria Leach

Salem State University

Salem

Diana Kerry

North Shore Community College

Newburyport

Denise Deschamps

Beverly

Steve Britton

Beverly Cooperative Bank

Beverly

Alex Mitchell-Munevar

Greater Boston Legal Services

Salem

Elizabeth Duclos-Orsello

Salem State University

Salem

Jennifer Raitt

Metropolitan Area

Planning Council

Beverly

Jason Silva

Salem YMCA

Beverly-Salem

Lesli Woodruff

Epsilon

Beverly

Lucy Corchado

Point Neighborhood Assoc.

Salem

Nathan Tiller

Beverly

Jon Frey

The Davis Companies

Marblehead

Rev. Alan Froggatt

Second Congregational Church

Beverly

Doug Lanois

Tremont Capital

Hamilton

Rosario Ubiera-Minaya

Salem Education Foundation

Salem

Laura Sanchez

Point Neighborhood Assoc.

Salem

Gary Leach

Eastern Bank

Salem

Board of Directors

Community Impact Report

“The North Shore CDC gave me the opportunity

to study English and receive child

care vouchers for my 4 year old

daughter. By volunteering in the fam-

ily stability program, I’m meeting new

people, learning the language, and

building relationships with my com-

munity. My doubts of being a new-

comer to the country have been

erased by my friends at the CDC.”

-Ivonne, Family Stability Program

Our youth jobs program paints a park bench as part of their park revitalization plan this past summer.

Earlier this month, Orange Leaf Yo-

gurt in Salem was filled with over

100 young people interested in sign-

ing up for the newest computer

game in Salem- “What’s the Point.”

Designed by Emerson Game Labs

and North Shore CDC’s youth pro-

gram, the game makes city planning

playful by engaging the young peo-

ple who live, play, and work in the

Point neighborhood to share their

opinions and ideas for the communi-

ty. “What’s the Point?” uses a social

media-based approach to virtually

link city stakeholders to youth for

new, inspired thoughts on city plan-

ning.

The Community Plan It Game is one

of the many community planning

projects within the Salem Point Vi-

sioning Plan focused on creating a

vision and action plan for the neigh-

borhood. Project partners (including

the City of Salem, North Shore CDC,

and Metropolitan Area Planning

Council) have been collaborating

since June 2012 on the project with

the goal

of identify-

ing assets

and

needs to

steer fu-

ture city

invest-

ment in

the neigh-

borhood.

The game

was open

for three

weeks,

using interactive challenges to gath-

er neighborhood data and residents’

views on their community.

This data will shape the next step in

the Salem Point Visioning Plan, the

public visioning workshop. The work-

shop is specifically aimed at resi-

dents and stakeholders of the Point

neighborhood. It will be held on

March 7th at 6:30 pm at the Immac-

ulate Conception Church in Salem.

“What’s the Point” Community Plan It Game

Winter 2013

Strengthening Communities

Page 3 Winter 2013

New Faces at the CDC

Pat Leathers,

Director of Finance Pat Leathers joined our staff in

March as the Director of Fi-

nance. Previously, Pat was the

Fiscal Director at North Shore

Community Action Programs in

Peabody. Pat and her husband

moved to Salem from Maine

for years ago and enjoy spend-

ing weekends gardening in the

Community Garden at Palmer

Cove in Salem.

Ilene Vogel, Director of

Economic Development Ilene joins the North Shore

CDC to diversify and expand

their economic development

pipeline. She previously

worked for 6 years at KIPP

Academy Lynn Charter School

as the Director of Operations &

Finance and then the Director

of Real Estate, overseeing the

construction of the school's

new middle/high school in

Lynn. Ilene loves working in

the communities where she

lives with her husband, 2

Hundreds Take the

Polar Plunge!

This past Super Bowl Sunday, over

400 plungers braved the snow and

plunged into the Atlantic Ocean in Salem and Beverly to support the North Shore Community Development Coali-

tion and River House Inc. This year’s plunge broke record for the highest participation with 415 plungers and

raised over $36,000. The North Shore CDC is so thankful to the local schools and individuals who generated the

incredible support. Congratulations to the schools who won the Plunge Cups and Big Splash Awards- Ayers Ele-

mentary School, Saltonstall Elementary School, and Bates Elementary School. Special thanks to the top five fund-

raisers, Second Congregational Church, Dane Poeske with Ayers Elementary, Michelle Paige with Bates Elemen-

tary, Courtney Cook with Ayers Elementary, and Lydia Saltzman with Briscoe Middle School .