The Homewood Community Development Collaborative, founded in 2015, was created to align Homewood’s leading non-profits to:
Achieve outcomes that enhance the life experience of all residents, organizations and businesses and to align the talents, skills and resources of the community-based organizations in the Homewood community.

Our Members

Building United of Southwestern PA
Community Empowerment Association Inc. (CEA)
Homewood-Brushton Business Association (HBBA)
Homewood Community Ministries
Homewood Children’s Village (HCV)
Operation Better Block, Inc.
Race Street 2050 Inc.
YMCA Homewood-Brushton
YWCA Homewood-Brushton Branch

Read the Comprehensive Community Plan for Homewood – the guide for all future development and initiatives for the neighborhood.

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Mayor Bill Peduto
Mayor Bill Peduto

"What we are doing in Homewood is the pilot program for what community based development will mean in this City."

Rev. Sam Ware, BUSP Executive Director

"Homewood Collaborative is an example of what you can accomplish when you don’t care who gets the credit."

Councilman Rev. Ricky Burgess
Councilman Rev. Ricky Burgess

“Things are turning around for Homewood. For the first time we have everybody aligned.”

Ed Gainey State Representative
Ed Gainey, PA State Representative

“What gives us hope about Homewood is the fact that we are resilient, we never stop.”