Bray Center, Inc.

Established in 1961 by neighbors sitting at kitchen tables and on front porches, this non-profit social service organization located in the central city addresses issues of education and economic development, public safety and community activism. Owned by residents of the neighborhoods and governed by a board of directors whose membership combines neighborhood leadership and young adults, the direction of the organization is bold and in touch with the least served in the community.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Bray Center used to be Franklin Center. 50 years of evolution.

Remember banana seat bikes, big bell bottoms, and afros (picture,left)? Before it became known as the Bray Center (today), shortened from the George Bray Neighborhood Center (for the man who provided the leadership to establish the site), it was the Franklin Neighborhood Center, named for the Franklin Neighborhood Association of area residents, but in between, it was the Pink House too, named for the color of the house around the corner in which the first programs were developed.

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