The neighborhood is an industrial corridor with a long history that dates back decades with the arrival of steel mills that drove hundreds of immigrants to move to the area to work and build.
Its history dates back decades, with the arrival of steel mills that drove hundreds of immigrants to the area to work. But the steel mills shut down in the 1980s. Longtime resident Rosemary Arias shared about the economic toll that had on the community.
COVID-19 has had a big impact on the community and the need continues to grow. She also runs a mobile food pantry every third Friday of the month and currently operates on donations. Residents described the neighborhood as a working-class and family-oriented community. It’s a melting pot of many nationalities.shared that his mother fled El Salvador in the seventies and settled in East Side.
“I’m always thinking about her and the hard work and effort,” Ayala said in reference to his mother. “The American dream that everyone keeps talking about. It might sound like a cliché, but it’s true. I grew up in this neighborhood and I came from this neighborhood. I wanted to put this place in the neighborhood, nowhere else.”
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