Brightmoor Community Center

The Brightmoor Community Center (BCC) was organized by land developer B.E. Taylor in 1922, three years prior to the area’s annexation by the City of Detroit. In its early years, the center was operated to meet the social and recreational needs of area residents, many of whom were transplants to the area in pursuit of work in area auto plants. BCC was one of the first settlement houses in America. BCC is housed on over one acre of land with over 10,000 sq. ft. operational space. This year the Brightmoor Community Center celebrates 91 years of continuous service to Northwest Detroit and specifically the Brightmoor community. In the summer of 2014 high school students in collaboration with the College for Creative Arts rescued an additional 2 acres of blight to create AAA Butterfly Park a tranquil gathering place for Brightmoor residents.
a. Mission and Goals
The mission of the Brightmoor Community Center is to enhance the quality of life in the Brightmoor community by identifying and defining current emerging human service needs and by implementing solutions to those needs through cooperative planning, problem solving, and resource development. The overarching goals of the center are to:

• Deliver human services to youth, adults and seniors in the community
• Serve as an information and gathering place for the community
• Advocate on behalf improved services to children and youth in all areas but specifically educational and academic attainment
• Enhance the quality of life for residents living in Brightmoor
• Invest in the lives of residents to build strong families
• Coordinate volunteerism and service within the community
• Invest in economic development through people and social enterprise, social entrepreneurship creativity and community maker spaces