Impact

When families in Frazier experience greater stability, opportunity, and connection, the entire neighborhood grows stronger. Here is what that looks like in practice.

Resident-Centered Revitalization

Real change shows up in the details — a family that feels secure in their home, a neighbor who trusts their voice matters, a young person who sees a future here. Our impact is measured not only in programs or projects completed, but in the long-term progress being built alongside residents across generations.

Program Highlights

Empowerment Pathways
  • Over 1,200 Residents involved in Empowerment Programs
  • Monthly Empowerment Brunches with lessons and workshops
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Frazier Healthy
Homes
  • 45 homes fully renovated for legacy homeowners
  • $3.8M in new generational wealth created for Frazier families
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Community Economic Development
  • Over $5,000 matched gifts to participants in Financial Literacy Classes
  • Rotating financial literacy classes
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Strategic
Partnerships
  • Over 120 residents recieving food boxes in collaboration with Dallas Leadership Foundation
  • Collaborations with over 20 organizations!
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Family Stories

  • “Ma’am, I am a senior citizen. I’m on a fixed income. I don’t have any money. If you find somebody to do it, I’ll let them do it.”

    Ms. Wilson moved into her home in 1992, raised her family there, and continued living there following her husband’s death in 2020. The house was built in 1948. A retired unit tech from Parkland Health, she faced code-enforcement pressure that required nearly a year of court appearances — all while living as a senior widow on a fixed income. What followed was nearly a year of court appearances at Community Court on MLK Boulevard — for visible wear on a home she had spent more than thirty years in. She told the judge, “This is my season” — a declaration of faith that Frazier ultimately helped make real.

    Her situation illustrates the compounding weight that housing code violations can place on vulnerable legacy homeowners.
    Eula Wilson
    Mill City Neighborhood
Eula Wilson home seen on Nov. 6, 2025, located in the Mill City neighborhood in South Dallas. Photo by Camilo Diaz Jr.
Ms. Eula Wilson’s new home completed in September 2026
Her situation illustrates the compounding weight that housing code
violations can place on vulnerable legacy homeowners.

  • “It was so cold in that house, I almost cried. But I said, crying wasn’t gonna help none so, I put
    my coat on and dealt with it.”

    Ms. Woodard moved into her home in 1992 alongside her aging parents and young sons. Her home was built in 1925. Now 66, she faced the steep learning curve of managing household responsibilities alone after losing both parents. During winter, her family wore coats inside because the house had so many cracks that cold came straight through. When it rained, they placed trash cans to catch water coming through the roof.

    When the code enforcement officer came, she cited Ms. Woodard for the roof, foundation, siding, and ramp—conditions she had no money to fix—and threatened weekly court appearances every Thursday. Three winters of living in an uninsulated, leaking home, the kind of prolonged cold and damp exposure linked to worsening respiratory and chronic conditions in older adults, took a toll that no code citation accounted for.
    Altheia Woodard
    South Dallas

Progress Towards Goals

What We’ve Built

Programs, partnerships, trust, infrastructure

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What We’ve Learned

Measurement systems, dual-generational models, resident leadership

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What We’re Working Toward

Long-term neighborhood stability, expanded opportunity, generational change

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What We’re Learning

This work continues to teach us that lasting revitalization is built through relationships, consistency, and community trust. Families often need connected support across multiple areas of life, and progress happens most effectively when programs, partnerships, and residents work together over time.

We also know that meaningful neighborhood change is gradual. We are continuing to learn, adapt, and strengthen the work alongside the community, using both resident experience and data to guide what comes next.

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The work of revitalization is ongoing, and community voices remain essential to shaping what comes next. Stay connected to learn more about programs, partnerships, community updates, and opportunities to support the future of the Frazier neighborhood.

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