About Us
Mt. Pleasant Community Zone (MPCZ) is dedicated to working together to build a better, stronger, sustainable community. To realize its vision of Mt. Pleasant as a healthy, thriving community, MPCZ brings resources together to build on existing community assets and facilitates change as needed. MPCZ works to expand the capacity of community leaders, faith and community based institutions, businesses, schools, and agencies by serving as an information clearinghouse. In addition, MPCZ helps to design and implement programs, provides funding, and evaluates the work as it relates to one or more of the strategic directions identified above. MPCZ also provides support to assist organizations in securing financial assistance for activities that support the implementation of The Plan, and, where necessary, fills gaps in service.
MPCZ offers programs and funding that strengthen, unify, and build the economic, cultural, educational, and social support systems for residents of Mt. Pleasant. MPCZ also offers community improvement and capacity building activities.
MPCZ’s purpose is to implement the Mt. Pleasant Community Comprehensive Community Revitalization Plan ( The Plan) that the residents routinely updates and bring it to life with specific objectives, multi-year goals and long-term outcomes. The Plan is a model and strategy to advance the Mt. Pleasant Community.The Plan developed and approved by the residents of Mt. Pleasant in 2001, targets four strategic directions for the healthy revitalization of the community:
Economic Development – expand opportunities for Mt. Pleasant residents to increase income and wealth, including earning a living wage and pursuing entrepreneurial opportunities;
Education – enhance opportunities to pursue a quality education and life-long learning;
Physical Environment and Safety – improve the visual appeal of Mt. Pleasant, its functional capacity, sense of safety, and level of community investment; and
Community and Family Empowerment – empower individuals in Mt. Pleasant to reach their full potential
MPCZ operates under three guiding principles: Build on community assets; expand the capacity of leaders, organizations and agencies to collaborate; increase the overall impact of everyone’s work in the community through coordination, collaboration, and planning.
Direct funding support is provided by the Saint Luke's Foundation of Cleveland, and partial funding from the City of Cleveland Department of Community Development (CDBG & NEF) through the office of Councilman, Zach Reed, Ward 3.