GREAT FALLS NEIGHBORHOOD Proposed Strategies and Activities – 2022

These schools represent hubs of social capital opportune for leveraging to support service, leadership development, and community organizing programs for both students and families. To this end, NJCDC supports the operation of four schools as “full-service community schools.” Full-service community schools feature extended school day hours, social and health services, family strengthening activities, and educational and personal development programs.

In addition to schools, the neighborhood has a number of community facilities that provide places

for residents to gather, meet, and receive information and services. This includes two facilities developed by NJCDC: The former Rogers Locomotive facility at 32 Spruce Street, which includes the Neighborhood Help Center and a large community meeting space; and the Great Falls Education and Training Center at 52 Front St., which, located next to John F. Kennedy High School, is the site of NJCDC’s youth center programming. This plan calls for further investment and expansion in such facilities in Strategy 5.3 to Develop the Paterson Youth Arts Center, and Strategy 3.2 which calls for an expansion of the Education and Training Center.