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Dornsife Center for Community Engagement

  1. Whitworth University
  2. Administration
  3. Dornsife Center for Community Engagement
  4. West Central Neighborhood Partnership

West Central Neighborhood Partnership

The West Central Neighborhood Partnership is a collaborative neighborhood revitalization effort between Whitworth University and multiple stakeholders in the West Central neighborhood. This place-based initiative connects cognitive, human and financial capital to address critical-need areas identified by the West Central neighborhood organizations and residents.  

Whitworth’s investment in West Central has included: 

  • Workforce development and job training 
  • Creation of affordable housing  
  • Job creation and retention through business development
  • Neighborhood revitalization through the development and adoption of a neighborhood plan to address poverty, housing, community services and facilities within the West Central neighborhood

Students engage in community development through service-learning and the Co-Curricular Service-Learning programs. Student investment in the neighborhood has advanced: 

  • K-12 education 
  • Youth development 
  • College access  
  • Food security 
  • Community organizing 
  • Nonprofit marketing and digital media 
  • Arts 
  • Historical education 
  • Substance abuse prevention and wellness 
  • Community health