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The Greyston Story of Successful Urban Community Development

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  • Greyston Bakery founded in 1982 by Roshi Bernie Glassman in Yonkers NY.
  • Greyston Bakery produces high end pastries for the best restaurants in Manhattan providing jobs for poorest members of Yonkers Community.
  • Greyston Bakery grows into 6 million dollar business with more than 75 employees.
  • Success of Greyston Bakery gives rise to the Greyston Foundation, a 13 million dollar integrated network of for-profit and not-for-profit entities providing jobs, workforce development, low income housing, supportive services, child care, after school programs, comprehensive HIV health care, housing, a gourmet bakery business and community gardens.
  • Since 1991, Greyston Foundation, has developed over 200 units of affordable housing and $48,597,735 in real estate projects in Westchester County, N.Y. with another $25,000,000 in projects underway.
  • The Greyston Foundation is recognized as a national model of community economic development and successful "social enterprise" and is lauded by The Wall Street Journal , The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and featured on CBS 60 minutes.
  • Greyston Model becomes a "Best practice" example of social enterprise and is studied in major U.S. business schools including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford University and New York University.

Greyston Economic Development Programs

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Social Enterprise Business Development





PathMaker Program

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Workforce Development

  • Job Training.
  • Alternative Pathways for Young Adults.
  • Family Child Care Training.






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Affordable Housing

  • Rentals.
  • Home Ownership.






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Child & Youth Services

  • Child Care Center.
  • After School Programs.
  • Yo Kidz Program.






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Health & Family Services

  • Maitri Center.
  • Tenant Services Programs.






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Urban Gardens Program

Greyston PathMaker Program

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Spirituality

  • Tolerating Differences (Diversity Training).
  • Tapping into one's innate wisdom.
  • Functioning as a member of a community.

Resources

  • Personal Accountability.
  • Personal Health Training.
  • Financial Literacy.
  • Workforce Preparedness.

Study

  • Life Skill Education.
  • Communication & Conflict Resolution Skills.
  • Training on How to Negotiate "The System."

Service

  • Right Livelihood Skills.
  • Citizenship Skills.
  • Transforming Suffering into Wisdom.

Integration (Relationships)

  • Making & Keeping Relationships.
  • Training in Human Sexuality.
  • Artistic & Creative Expression.

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