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| El Centro, Inc. | ||||||
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| President | Mary Lou Jaramillo |
| Board Chairman | Gilbert Castro |
| Address | Administrative
Offices: 650 Minnesota Avenue Kansas City, KS 66101 |
| Telephone | 913.677.0100 |
| Email Contact | jfendorf@ElCentroInc.com (Jeff Fendorf) |
| Website | www.elcentroinc.com |
| Date CDC Began | 1976 |
| Mission / Vision Statement | The purpose of El Centro and its subsidiaries is to create and sustain educational, social and economic opportunities for families. El Centro and its subsidiaries are strong, diverse, entrepreneurial asset-building social enterprises. We lead by example, helping families build assets, which put them in control of their destinies and major life choices. |
| Neighborhoods Served | Wyandotte County, Kansas, with emphasis on the neighborhoods of Argentine, Rosedale, Armourdale and the Central Avenue corridor, and all central core neighborhoods east of I-635. |
| Proudest Achievement | El Centro was recognized by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation as an effective non-profit organization in the area of Entrepreneurialism through the 2001 Reach Awards for Organizational Excellence. In 2000, El Centro received the inaugural Reach Award in the area of Sustainability. |
| Priorities for 2006-2007 | El Centro will continue its acquisition/rehab program to re-start the housing market in core city neighborhoods. Activities will take place in Kansas City, Kansas and include comprehensive strategies and interventions such as providing credit, generating housing activity, building buyer demand and increasing neighborhood stability and ambiance. In addition to rehabbing and selling homes, El Centro expects to develop the Silver City Park subdivision of market-rate single-family homes in the Argentine neighborhood. In addition, El Centro will sell and develop 22 acres of its industrial park in Argentine thereby creating new jobs in the community. |
| Programs, Products, Services | Child care, youth educational enrichment, tutoring and mentoring, English as a Second Language and Spanish as a Second Language for adults, emergency assistance, case management, job training and placement, senior center, telephone reassurance, home buyer education, services for entrepreneurs, community organizing, affordable rental housing, and homeownership opportunities. |