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Bronx Neighborhood Notes: Help Fund Your Neighborhood

Every weekday, we highlight a Bronx program, service, opportunity, public meeting/hearing or community event. Find a full listing on our Neighborhood Notes page.

In support of New Yorkers across the city in their efforts to help build stronger communities, the Citizens Committee for New York City awards grants of $500 to $3,000 to volunteer-led groups that work on community improvement projects they feel are important to them. The Committee also supports public school-based initiatives focused on the environment and beautification, and offer project planning assistance and skills-building workshops. The application deadline is Jan. 31. For more information, call (212) 822-9580/9568 or visit www.citizensnyc.org/grants.

Welcome to the Norwood News, a bi-weekly community newspaper that primarily serves the northwest Bronx communities of Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and University Heights. Through our Breaking Bronx blog, we focus on news and information for those neighborhoods, but aim to cover as much Bronx-related news as possible. Founded in 1988 by Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a not-for-profit affiliate of Montefiore Medical Center, the Norwood News began as a monthly and grew to a bi-weekly in 1994. In September 2003 the paper expanded to cover University Heights and now covers all the neighborhoods of Community District 7. The Norwood News exists to foster communication among citizens and organizations and to be a tool for neighborhood development efforts. The Norwood News runs the Bronx Youth Journalism Heard, a journalism training program for Bronx high school students. As you navigate this website, please let us know if you discover any glitches or if you have any suggestions. We’d love to hear from you. You can send e-mails to norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org or call us anytime (718) 324-4998.

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