For more than a year before the Mahalia Jackson Early Childhood & Family Learning Centeropened its doors in one of New Orleans' toughest neighborhoods, organizers held countless meetings with Central City residents to find out what they wanted in the newfangled community hub.
Most wanted a safer neighborhood, a new school and more access to medical and job-training services.
Today, the four-building, multi-use complex, housed on the campus of the former Mahalia Jackson Elementary School, includes more than a dozen services, including preschool and kindergarten classes, a public library branch, a health clinic, an adult computer lab, a playground, a test kitchen, welfare offices and a community garden.
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