Change Center

Description

Vision of Change: The Change Center will create healthy, vital community where life is valued, where youth are safe, & where hope is real. We want to build intentional relationships, inspire lasting change, & make a positive impact on the city from within the urban community. Stop the Violence: The Change Center will provide youth a safe place to go for entertainment, community, & mentorship in their own neighborhood. It will provide young people opportunities for positive interactions with Knoxville Police & it will be a key element in reducing crime. Create New Opportunities: The Change Center has two dominant purposes: the skating rink & other attractions to bring youth into a safe place, & a job connection and business creation focus. As Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries in California says, "Nothing stops a bullet like a job". What is the Change Center? The Change Center will be a safe, strategically located, center-city partnership facility that provides retaliation,recreation, leadership development & jobs initiatives for tennis and young adults in an attractive, fun environment. Change Center Components Include: Roller skating rink, multi-purpose sports venue, climbing wall, movie wall,concert stage, DJ/music mixing booth, video games, Hard Knox Pizza concessions and employee training, birthday parties/special events, meeting space, and The Change Center Jobs Initiative (direct jobs, job connections, & entrepreneurship). Why do