Fredricka Paul | Jackson Citizen Patriot

The Community Action Agency is getting up to $250,000 per year for up to three years in federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services.

"It provides funding for the larger organization to assist Partnership Park in getting bigger and helping them grow and building capacity as a nonprofit," said Toby Budd, neighborhood development director for the Community Action Agency.

Partnership Park, the neighborhood bound by Francis, Morrell and Blackstone streets, and Washington Avenue, has been redeveloping since 2003. SInce then almost 20 new homes have been built and two more are coming within two years.