IMPACCT Brooklyn's Bernell K. Grier remembers her elders telling her, back in 1969, that Harlem was ripe for gentrification.
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“Back then, I just remember sitting in what used to be called Colonial Park, now it’s called Jackie Robinson Park on Bradhurst Avenue, and just being able to talk about Harlem. There was a lot of abandonment at that time: landlords had abandoned the buildings and people were without heat and hot water. My job was to help people get information on how to complain and get services in their building.
IMPACCT used to be called PACC . The group helps small businesses with their operations, owns and operates affordable housing developments, and provides classes and assistance to residents in the rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bed Stuy, Crown Heights, and Prospect Heights. She said her parents had the greatest influence on her, raising her to be civically engaged and to be someone who fought for the stability of her community.
When the concept of community reinvestment became big in the banking community in the 1990s, she jumped on board. As a community development officer, she worked closely with community-based organizations from across New York state, and then later New Jersey and parts of Florida. “I got the opportunity to meet and to fund a lot of the leadership of people in communities that were actively working to preserve and build and enhance communities across the country,” she said.
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