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| Keeping our friendly neighbors up to date on the latest news from NeighborWorks Northeastern Pennsylvania
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Jesse J. Ergott to depart as president and CEO of NeighborWorks Northeastern Pennsylvania
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Our president and chief executive officer of 16 years, Jesse J. Ergott, will be departing the organization to become the chief advancement officer at AllOne Foundation and Charities. Ergott is committed to a seamless transition and will continue to lead NeighborWorks through April 26, 2024.
Ergott’s tenure includes a period of significant organizational growth. He oversaw the expansion of NeighborWorks’ geographic footprint from one county to six in 2013, leading to a strategic rebranding from Neighborhood Housing Services of Lackawanna County to NeighborWorks Northeastern Pennsylvania. A staff of four employees when he began, the organization has grown to a team of twenty-one competent, enthusiastic and resolute professionals serving communities throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania. In line with NeighborWorks' established succession and transition planning process, the board’s Executive Transition Committee is conducting an internal and external search to identify a successor.
Read more about his accomplishments and impact here.
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Beautiful Blocks program open for applications
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Residents of the City of Scranton, City of Carbondale, and (new for 2024!) City of Pittston are invited to join with their neighbors to apply for our Beautiful Blocks program. Beautiful Blocks provides matching grants of up to $1,000 per property to groups of five or more residents in participating communities to help them make exterior improvements to their homes.
Interested residents are asked to read and review our pre-application instructions, before working with neighbors to complete the pre-application document. These items are available on our Beautiful Blocks homepage, where interested residents can also access video testimonials from our past program cycles. The pre-application deadline is March 18.
More information is also available by contacting Gerard Hetman, NeighborWorks Northeastern Pennsylvania Community Development Specialist, at (570) 558-2490 or ghetman@nwnepa.org.
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Shane Powers graduates from nonprofit leadership program
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From left to right: Mark Higgins, Ph.D., Dean of the Kania School of Management; Michelle Maldonado, Ph.D., Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs; Shane Powers, Chief Operating Officer, NeighborWorks Northeastern Pennsylvania; Kurt Bauman, Co-Facilitator, Nonprofit Leadership Certificate Program; Jesse Ergott, Co-Facilitator, Nonprofit Leadership Certificate Program.
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Congratulations to Shane Powers, our Chief Operating Officer, on her recent graduation from The University of Scranton’s Nonprofit Leadership Certificate Program! This year-long certificate program combined an academic component taught by Kania School of Management faculty with coaching, mentorship connections, and the opportunity to complete an organizational capstone leadership project. Designed to strengthen regional nonprofit leaders, the program has graduated 67 participants from over 45 separate organizations since its inception in 2017. Great job Shane!
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Client Spotlight: Robert and Joann Burke
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“Home is where she is. We paneled every room in this house. Every hallway. The ceiling. There's home sitting next to me right here. Wherever she is is my home.“ - Robert Burke, Resident in Scranton
Robert (86) and Joan (82) are lifelong Scranton residents and have lived in their home for over 56 years. As clients of our Aging in Place program, they have received several small home repair and critical safety modification services over the past few years. Volunteers pitched in during SafetyWorks Week for Seniors last year, tackling the deck repair on the side of their house. Additionally, they now enjoy a tub cut in their first-floor bathroom, along with a convenient handheld shower fixture and brackets. Other improvements include grab bars, installed railings, and a fresh bathroom outlet.
We wish Robert and Joan many more years of comfort, safety and dignity in their beautiful home!
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Join us at our community information session next Tuesday!
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We will be hosting a community meeting tailored for residents, property owners, and business proprietors of West Scranton on March 5 from 6-7pm at Roberto's Restaurant and Pizzeria, locatedin the Luzerne Street Plaza. This discussion aims to discuss pivotal beautification efforts available to residents and property owners in West Scranton through the Beautiful Blocks and Façade Grant Improvement programs.
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NeighborWorks and SBDC team up to support West Scranton businesses
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Join us at the West Scranton Spring EGGStravaganza next month!
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Join us for the West Scranton Spring EGGStravaganza, a joyful celebration for the arrival of Spring! Our festivities commence with an egg hunt promptly at 11 am. ALL kids, regardless of age, are invited, and we kindly ask parents of younger children to take note. Following the egg hunt, immerse yourself in music, community resources, games, and much more! Rain or shine, the event takes place at Novembrino Park (201 10th Ave, Scranton, PA). Don't miss out on the fun!
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NeighborWorks being honored by IVC on March 14!
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Applications open for Beautiful Blocks program
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NeighborWorks® Northeastern Pennsylvania is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation supported by private contributions and funding from local, state, and federal partners.
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