The Community Redevelopment Agency’s Brownsville Redevelopment Plan cites Community Facilities and Programs as one of its redevelopment objectives. The strategy is to provide facilities and programs for the neighborhood elderly population, children, teens and young families to encourage home ownership in the area, increase employment and to prevent youth from becoming involved in crime.

Currently the residents of Brownsville do not have access to a community center to organize supervised recreation for youth, classes on various topics for adults, special programs for seniors or an office and meeting place for the Brownsville Revitalization Commimttee and emerging Neighborhood Watch groups. Obtaining a community center is an important objective of the redevelopment plan to accomplish these goals. The strategy has particular emphasis on offering business or career-oriented programs to assist working adults and parents in improving their skills so they may take advantage of new higher wage jobs that locate in the area or to start their own business.