Primary Contacts for Other Years

• Extending family education programs to neighboring communities. Project GO will expand four of its successful programs (Family Math, Family Literacy, the Computer Club, and the Health Education Program) into Pacoima and San Fernando, two low-income, primarily Hispanic communities.
• Urban Farm and Buyers' Club. Project GO will establish a 10-acre farm in the target area. Community members will purchase shares at the beginning of the growing season and, in turn, will receive three harvests of high quality, local produce. The Buyers' Club will enable members will use their combined purchasing power to buy produce and staples at near wholesale prices.
• Community education and small business development. Project GO will lease commercial space in the target community to launch two new small businesses: a bookstore and education resource center that will offer high quality, culturally appropriate materials to the Hispanic community, and a desktop publishing firm that will focus on the niche market of culturally-relevant materials requested by area school teachers.

Project GO includes job training for local residents, including students who will work at these enterprises. CSUN participants include faculty and more than 100 students. The university will continue to commit resources to the project at the end of the 3-year grant period.

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