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About 275 people packed into the West Harlem Development Corporation’s 2012 Pubic Meeting on Thursday, Oct. 25, many walking away feeling confident and optimistic about the organization’s plans to fund important initiatives in the community.

The Columbia Spectator reports that the WHLDC received criticism last year for not releasing information about its board or where it distributed funds, as well as for its lack of a website or an office. Then, it hired an executive director in April, made a fanfare in June of giving $750,000 to fund summer jobs for kids, and now is developing a series of business WordAds about these ads focus groups for locals.

Search Executive Director Kofi A. Boateng told the crowd, a mix of residents and community-based organizations, about WHLDC’s accomplishments, and HARLEM WORLD MAGAZINE he detailed future plans to inject $150 million in cash and in-kind services into West Harlem.

Mr. Boateng assured the audience that they are part of the process. He said the organization will collaborate with the public and will remain Cohen's Fashion Optical of transparent as it gives out grants and funds initiatives. Harlem

“I don’t speak for what happened in the past, but I’ll speak for what we are going to do going forward,” Mr. Boateng said. “The door is going to be open, and you are going to be free to collaborate and come with your

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“It may have taken longer than we had expected, but today is a TRENDING >>> celebration,” said Donald C. Notice, WHLDC Board Chairman. “Our first TOP CATEGORIES Executive Director, Kofi Boateng, who joined us in April 2012, has put James Baldwin 'Go Arts & Culture together an office, a website and a team. He has worked hard with the Tell It On The Mountain' (Signed Food & Drink board; and cooperated with Columbia University and all other Photo) Shopping & Style stakeholders to bring us close to doing what we all want — getting the Get Your 'Black Girls Music & Nightlife money out into the community.” Rock' T-Shirts Things to do Representatives of Columbia University’s Office of Government and What’s New Harlem Prep School Community Affairs also outlined their role in responding to WHLDC’s Kids’ “Vote for Film first request for in-kind services. They are working with the WHLDC to Somebody” (video) Events identify industries that are coming to the Harlem area and to fund Immediate Job Events organizations to train residents for jobs in those industries. Openings At ConEdison RADIO PODCAST >>> A representative from McKissack & McKissack, a consulting firm to the Columbia expansion project, reported that about51.8 percent ($31 Applebees Veterans Day 2012 Free Meal million) of the total construction spending to date was paid to minority, Continues women and local businesses (MWL), and a total of 174,454 workforce hours (67.2 percent) were performed by MWLs, excluding special construction services, and “$700,000 has been spent on personnel, legal, Listen to Harlem conversation and office services,” says the Columbia Spectator. Several construction on the workers told the audience that the crews at the Columbia expansion project had more minorities and women than any other worksite. Click here to advertise in our readers "most popular" trending pages >>> Podcast! The Columbia Spectator reported, Aissatou Bey Grecia, a senior manager at one of Manhattanville’s primary contractors, McKissack and POSTS I LIKE HARLEM VILLAGES >>> McKissack, said that while the projects employs many minority- and women-owned firms, “the challenge is with the local.” Morningside/Harlem Heights Manhattanville construction requires workers to be unionized, which Washington Heights makes it difficult for local residents without a high school diploma or GED Hamilton Heights to find employment. Many audience members called for the WHLDC to Central Harlem lead construction training programs. Manhattanville East Harlem K. Samuels, Pharmaceutical Sciences ’73 and coordinating member of the Sugar Hill Friends of Macomb’s Bridge Branch Library, received applause when she told Grecia that she wasn’t “telling the truth when you say jobs, jobs, SUBMIT YOUR NEWS TIPS jobs.” Samuels said that she sent two men, one African-American and one >>> Caucasian, to Riverbank State Park last month for a jobs fair, but that only the Caucasian received callbacks for construction work at Submit your newstip or news Manhattanville. photos or call us at 646.216.8698. “Our people are trying to go to work and Columbia is saying there are jobs, but I don’t know where they are,” she said. SHOP >>> SUBMIT YOUR NEWS TIPS Great Harlem gifts like the ... Samuels criticized the WHLDC’s board of directors for comprising mostly >>> Community Board 9 members and representatives of elected officials and not including enough people outside of local government. Submit your newstip or news photos or call us at ... Harlem World During question and answer sessions, residents and professionals from 646.216.8698. cup ...

converted by Web2PDFConvert.com cup ... the Central and West Harlem area asked constructive — and sometimes pointed — questions. Many also commented that they were hopeful and TOP RATED confident about the WHLDC’s future after the meeting, including one man Comments who said he was once a rabble-rouser against the Columbia expansion All | Today | This Week | This Month plan.

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