North of the Clark campus at Kilby, Gardner and Hammond Streets is the site of the University Park Partnership's most recent neighborhood revitalization effort. The project, a partnership of UPP's community-service arm, the Main South Community Development Corporation, Clark University, and the Boys & Girls Club of Worcester, includes:
A Boys & Girls Club building that accommodates 400 children and serves up to 5,000 youths
An athletic field to be used by Clark's teams as well as the children at the Boys & Girls Club
A gymnasium
A learning center
An Olympic-size swimming pool
Renovated and affordable housing managed and/or offered by the Main South Community Development Corporation
A testament to the relationship between Clark and its neighbors, Clark funded the athletic field construction and the Boys & Girls Club funded construction of its new facility. And no barriers exist between the building and adjacent field. Instead, the club provides opportunities to bring Clark students and athletes and neighborhood children together. For example, Clark athletes tutor and run activities at the club, and children there use the athletics field for their activities when they are not in use for Clark intercollegiate and intramural athletic programs. Learn more about the project on the Main South CDC's Web site.
