#distritolatino

[extraordinarylegend]

Join the neighbors and friends who care about Southside Mesa and @railcdc tonight! Let’s kick off this community driven project with tons of good energy bring your massive, wild project ideas. Register and join us tonight at 6:30pm and bring a friend to the @betterblock Southside Mesa project kickoff. After doing so much work in the Southside Neighborhoods from heat action planning in Care neighborhood to working with Muralist David Martinez and the murals at Guerrero Park and Thick Vato Tires, not to mention the countless hours of small business assistance in Distrito Latino Mesa on Broadway rd, RAIL CDC: Retail, Arts, Innovation & Livability CDC is super proud that Better Block chose our application for this project. Let’s gooooo! ALWAYS #DoItForTheNeighborhood The link for the website is: https://www.betterblock.org/southsidemesa Please take a moment to fill out this survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8P7NHScVkPnj84NSumJ56g5eXyTZe90i-3n62XwwT7kIKvg/viewform?usp=sf_link #RAILCDC #BetterBlock #distritolatino #southsidemesa #liscphx #santander #peopleoverproperty #commUNITY #doitfortheneighborhood https://www.instagram.com/p/CXgtyTwppL8/?utm_medium=tumblr

[extraordinarylegend]

Im still on a community development (as I call it CommDev) high as I reminisce on the strong towns night in Mesa as hosted by @railcdc. It is not lost on me that this quick set up and Investment and participation by multiple like minded organizations and people is the product of years and years of trust building abs relationships. During my time as a councilmember and also in my many roles in the community from organizer, economic development, community development, various consultant roles etc one thing was always true. Just do the right thing for people in the way they (people) need it to happen. Find the quickest and simplest solution. Do it now. Repeat that process. Chuck had a slide that said this and while it seems so simple, it is not how it generally happens simply because government and institutions are not set up that way. When we started RAILCDC - Retail, Arts, Innovation & Livability Communtiy Development Corporation we were aiming at being an org that would act as a community guardian. One that would build trust and act with the permission and participation of those who are affected. Build the capacity and community know how for better results for the small businesses and people in the neighborhood. All these years later is feels good to walk around and be recognized by neighbors and business owners and to have them tell me their success stories. It feels good to know that all the actions we took and exorcize and experiments we tried had a positive result for people. 2020 was a ride. 2021 was system building and exponential growth. 2022 will be transformational. Let’s go! #railcdc #doitfortheneighborhood #commdev #commUNITY #economicdevelopment #iheartmesa #distritolatino #asiandistrictmesq #onlyonapache #peopleoverproperty #liscphoenix (at 12 West Brewing - Downtown Mesa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWrEkSfh0cC/?utm_medium=tumblr

[extraordinarylegend]

Hello Again Friends and Fellow Neighborhood Guardians, Welp, we've done it again. RAIL CDC is extremely proud to be featured in this national spotlight by LISC. LISC Phoenix has been a key partner in our inclusive, community development work as well as our small business & commercial corridor economic development work. Check out the full article here: People Over Property: A Latinx Community Asserts Its Historic Place in Mesa, AZ https://www.lisc.org/our-stories/story/people-over-property-latinx-community-asserts-its-historic-place-mesa-az/ Displacement, purposeful and targeted displacement, is affecting many of our neighborhoods here in Maricopa County. The same families and old boys club power holders who segregated and pushed Black, Latino, and Indigenous families into neighborhoods like the Southside Neighborhoods in Mesa while holding ownership of the very houses that those Black, Indigenous, and Latino families occupied are still up to the same old tricks. This time, generations later, this neighborhood is being "moved" again by the same ownership groups that did this to Black, Latino, and Indigenous families all those years ago. Our work has shown with data, that decision maker in Mesa, while racing ahead with developers, is not choosing an inclusive growth policy that includes the people currently living in the neighborhoods. As my fellow organizer in Phoenix, Masavi Perea from CHISPA says, "Mi casa no es su casa. No gentrification without representation." Read it, share it, have the tough conversations with your elected leaders, and please join RAIL CDC in our anti-displacement work as we push for justice for our communities. Always, Do It For The Neighborhood! Thank You, Gracias, Obrigado, Ryan David Winkle (602) 741-6465 Executive Director - www.railcdc.org Executive Director - www.azfhc.org #iheartmesa #downtownmesa #southsidemesa #distritolatino #commUNITY #development #economicdevelopment #justice #gentrification #displacement #cityofmesa #peopleoverprofit #doitfortheneighborhood (at Mesa, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVBic-RhyNE/?utm_medium=tumblr

[extraordinarylegend]

Hello Friends and Fellow Neighborhood Guardians, You are receiving this message because you have in some way, somewhere, or somehow inspired and/or influenced me in my passion, inclusive community economic development. As one of the founders and Executive Director of RAIL CDC (Retail, Arts, Innovation & Livability Community Development Corporation) I couldn't be more proud of our recent, national recognition by the Brookings Institution regarding our community engagement work in West Mesa. Our little group has been working for many years with hundreds of small businesses and neighborhood residents to mitigate displacement. It has never been more important work than now. Check it out. Share it with people who need the inspiration to protect and change how their neighborhood is treated by current systems and power structures. The Brookings Institute just published a new blog in their Placemaking Postcard series co-authored by Augie Gastelum, founder of Patchwork Community Inclusion, and Ryan Winkle, executive director, RAIL Community Development Corporation. It is titled: Pláticas: How Mesa, Ariz. is combatting displacement with community conversations (We) RAIL Community Development Corporation, a community organization, have been setting up a series of Pláticas—or community conversations—in the Southside Neighborhoods of Mesa, Ariz. as the first goal in its anti-displacement programming, and we are now using the same strategy in Tempe's La Victoria neighborhood. While displacement is a widespread challenge in hot-market cities nationwide, we believe Mesa and Tempe, through inclusive, ground-up action, may be well-prepared to combat it. Our efforts to date have helped us strengthen relationships, build trust, and find the small wins that will encourage residents to engage to meet this difficult and complex challenge. Always, Do It For The Neighborhood! Read here: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2021/09/30/platicas-how-mesa-ariz-is-combatting-displacement-with-community-conversations/ #distritolatino #downtownmesa #railcdc #liscphoenix #displacement #gentrification #commUNITY (at Mesa, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUwI2btrmUY/?utm_medium=tumblr