WHEDco’s Early Childhood Discovery Center Celebrates its “Moving Up” Ceremony Early childhood is full of milestones. From baby steps to first words to the terrible two’s, those early years are critical to a child’s development. And for parents and caregivers, Read More …
70% of 8th grade students in Project STEP have been accepted into high-performing high schools Eighth grade students in WHEDco’s middle-to-high-school transition program, known as Project STEP, are ready to take on high school! Project STEP (Students Toward Educational Promise) is Read More …
100% of seniors in our Teen Program are off the college! Four years ago, as a scared high school freshman sitting through an introductory session to the Teen Program at WHEDco’s Leadership Center, Mario Ynfante never dreamed he’d be heading Read More …
Know Your Customers on Jerome Avenue Every year, Jerome Avenue residents go outside the neighborhood to spend $612 million on goods and services. How can your business get it back? Jerome Avenue business sales are growing faster than the Bronx Read More …
Sixth grade students at PS/MS 218 scramble to get into groups of seven before beginning an exercise about sexual health. The exercise requires the middle-schoolers to navigate sex-ed terms like “puberty,” “hormones,” and “menstruation,” and match them with their correct Read More …
WHEDco shuts down 161st Street for a full afternoon of family fun! Children’s laughter. A bouncy-house at full capacity. Police officers and local kids playing a competitive game of street soccer. This was the scene at the Melrose neighborhood in Read More …
Jerome Avenue Business Needs Survey The Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation (WHEDco) is a nonprofit community development organization founded on the radically simple idea that all people deserve healthy, vibrant communities. Spurred by the proposed rezoning of Jerome Avenue Read More …
WHEDco Chess Team shows off at SuperNationals! At 3:30am on Thursday, May 11, seven sleepy students from our After School Enrichment Program at PS/MS 218 met up at their school with Program Director Jamie Yellen and Chess Coach Zak Dean. Read More …
Join Us for “Weekend Walks” in June We’re taking over the streets! Come join the fun at WHEDco’s two upcoming outdoor street events on Friday, June 2nd and Friday, June 23rd. As part of our celebration of 25 years of Read More …
During The Richman Group and RichMAC’s first annual awards ceremony! WHEDco and BFC Partners have been awarded the 2017 Creating a Dynamic City Award for their work on Bronx Commons, a 426,000 square foot, $165M mixed-used development in Melrose Commons Read More …