Ben E. Keith's first job fair yielded 264 applicants for 15 positions. Thirteen were hired. Another Central City employment initiative includes Heritage Center Project, a development plan in the Medical District that is expected to create 100 new jobs. Though privately developed and operated, Omni America Credit Union and Bank One are providing jobs and services to Central City residents. Rebuilding Central City Neighborhoods Takes Time Strong neighborhoods foster and support strong families and healthy children.
Strong neighborhoods are particularly important to children and the elderly.
These two segments of the population are less mobile and, therefore, more likely to rely upon people and services that are neighborhood-based. Here is an overview of those programs. Clean up the city and keep it that way. To do that, the city's Code Compliance Division became proactive rather than reactive, decentralized its operations, hired additional staff, upgraded its technology capabilities and worked to amend ordinances that needed teeth. Making the switch to a proactive division has proved to be an effective strategy.