The MacDowell Community Council

The MacDowell Community Council Inc. (MCCI) was founded in 1989 under the name of Meyers Seven Mile, Wyoming and St. Martin Community Council. (MSWSCC) The organization (MSWSCC) was formed to qualify its residents for neighborhood opportunity fund (NOF) grants and to have a unified voice for the block clubs in the community. Bobbie Parrott was pres... ident and Charles Harvey was Vice President. Mr. Parrott resigned as President because of the lack of participation by our community residents. Shortly after that time, Mr. Parrott passed away and MSWSCC was not fully active for a while. Later in the year 2000, Charles Harvey started having meetings and attempting to get neighborhood opportunity grants. In 2009, our community group was reorganized and Charles Harvey was elected president. We made changes to the name, mission and structure. The organization's name was changed to a different assumed name and was incorporated as MacDowell Community Council Inc. (MCCI) as a non-profit. We changed our name so that MCCI reflected the great school MacDowell Elementary School represents in our community. Since its inception in 1989, more than 43 homes have been repaired with Neighborhood Opportunity Fund grants totaling more than $200,000. We currently have a $50,000 grant for minor home repair and three homes are being repaired. MCCI has adopted Van Antwerp Park within the last two years. Van Antwerp Park is located near the North end of our community boundary. We adopted Van Antwerp Park in an effort to keep the park clean and safe for the residents to use. . Members of MCCI gather at the park on Saturday mornings for the cleaning up of debris, fallen tree limbs and we place them outside of the fence for pick up. The president of MCCI is coordinating with other community presidents to join in cleaning up parks in their communities.Read More