2016 Success Stories - SparkPoint Contra Costa

Our Community Development initiative leverages our role as a real estate developer to work across sectors and improve outcomes for people and neighborhoods.

In 2015, we made this approach a reality by entering into a partnership with SparkPoint Contra Costa, using an existing real estate asset. Richmond City Center, a BRIDGE property with 64 affordable apartments for families, originally opened in 1993.

We embarked on a 14-month, $10.5 million renovation that upgraded apartments and building systems and transformed ground-floor space into a community room that is now home to SparkPoint Contra Costa West. Today, residents and neighbors visit SparkPoint in the Chevron Community Room to connect to an array of services that help them build more secure futures.

BRIDGE was thrilled to leverage a significant physical rehab into a true community development that delivers benefits far beyond housing.

Chevron Community Engagement Manager Andrea Bailey highlights the importance of services offered in the new Chevron Community Room.
Betty Geishert Cantrell of SparkPoint Contra Costa and BRIDGE's Ali Gaylord with a certificate of excellence from the Mayor of Richmond.

"We are excited to add BRIDGE to our list of partners to be better able to serve the residents and the Richmond community."

Betty Geishirt Cantrell, Director, SparkPoint Contra Costa

Community Development at Work

Building communities that matter

Building communities that matter

Building communities that matter

Community Development at Work

Community Development at Work

Building communities that matter means understanding a place's inherent strengths and collaborating on ways to enhance those strengths and add value.