Lawrence CommunityWorks
“A Community Network, Powered by People!”
“I wanted to thank you for sharing your work and the deep thinking you have done to arrive at your approach to community building and community change. I was very impressed, and to be honest, quite moved by the deep humanity and creativity from which your work springs and that it honors in others. I find the congruity of your work from individual development to community power remarkable and hope more organizers around the country will learn from what you are doing! The word "transformational" is making the rounds these days, but I think LCW can truly lay claim to it!”
- Alexa Bradley Grassroots Policy Project
- Alexa Bradley Grassroots Policy Project
“Lawrence CommunityWorks is the Best CDC in the State.”
- Dan O’Connell, Secretary for Housing and Community Development, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (To the Eagle Tribune, April 6, 2008)
“I’ve been in Lawrence for over 30 years and I will tell you that in the last 7 or 8 years, Lawrence CommunityWorks has breathed new life into this City.”
- Joseph McManus, President/CEO Lawrence General Hospital
Welcome to the Lawrence CommunityWorks Website and to the wonderful city of Lawrence, Massachusetts. At LCW, we are proud to be a part of a growing community of people and organizations in Lawrence who are working to revitalize this proud and historic city. We are also proud to be a part of a growing movement throughout the US of people and organizations who believe that “place” still really matters. Our older cities, our struggling neighborhoods, our isolated poor rural communities, are filled with people who have ambition for themselves and their children and who, with a little support, have the resourcefulness and the spirit to persevere through hard times and succeed. These are the communities where America reinvents itself generation after generation, these are the places that shape the lives of our children and these are the neighborhoods that hold the rich history of our struggles and triumphs.
LCW is a growing network of thousands of Lawrence families who are investing in family assets, helping each other overcome adversity and working together to improve our City. We invite you to check out what we are doing, how we are doing it and to be a part of Reviviendo! – The renaissance of Lawrence.
“Lawrence CommunityWorks has been an open door for any and all who seek advancement and different achievements. Since I have been a member of LCW I have seen many changes happen in Lawrence. LCW has helped me become a much better member of the community and become more involved with the different populations that we help. I have been honored in being able to learn how to be a much louder voice to make changes happen. I have been welcomed like a family member and the organization enjoys focusing on the person and their personal needs and goals and helps steer you in the right directions. LCW focuses on the entire family and I enjoy being apart of this great organization.”
- Delmy Rosales, Lawrence CommunityWorks Member
“After participating in a 1.5 day visit with Lawrence CommunityWorks, I was struck by how... LCW helps make Lawrence matter. They create a sense of connection to place that matters and they have the audacity to dream big and revitalize properties no one else would touch.”
- Aileen Balahadia, Executive Director White Center Community Development Association, Seattle, Washington
Lawrence CommunityWorks is a proud Member of NeighborWorks America