In celebration of our groundbreaking agreements for community ownership and co-governance at the Kingsbridge Armory, join us for our

52nd Anniversary Gala: 52 Years of Building Our Bronx! 

The Kingsbridge Armory is poised to be home to one of the largest community-ownership deals in a City-owned commercial project. For the Bronx, this is a historic milestone. For New York City, it is a model.

In 2025, NWBCCC signed on as a development partner with 8th Regiment Partners, the City’s selected developer for the Kingsbridge Armory, and brokered an unprecedented agreement for a 20% ownership stake, establishing a community-governed structure that shapes the Armory’s long-term operations and benefits. We also negotiated a legally-binding Community Benefits Agreement that enshrines community priorities into the blueprint for the Kingsbridge Armory, and establishes accountability and transparency for the life of the project. Together, these agreements reflect the months of good-faith negotiation and secure key commitments from the Together for Kingsbridge Vision Plan, maximizing community ownership, delivering good union jobs, protecting small businesses, and ensuring high environmental standards.

For over 30 years, NWBCCC has believed that this extraordinary public asset could become a powerful engine for equitable, sustainable, and community-centered economic development. Celebrate this historic victory with us!

Check out other highlights from our recent work around community ownership and co-governance all across the Bronx:

Join us in uplifting the visionary leadership of this year’s honorees that made this victory possible.

• Councilmember Pierina Sanchez, City Council District 14

• Lucia Gomez, Former Political Director & Brendan Griffith, President, Central Labor Council 

• Elisse Douglass, Founder and Executive Director of East Freedman & Main

• Elisabeth Ortega-Bailey, Kingsbridge Armory Leader

• Wilson Martinez, Deacon of Our Lady of Angels

Become a sponsor — and help us set a new standard for how development is done in Our Bronx and beyond.

Help power our movement!

Over three decades of community leaders, organizers, alumni, partners, and donors made this landmark achievement possible at the Kingsbridge Armory. Your support will help bring this project to life—and scale our impact across the borough. The momentum we build together will help us achieve economic democracy and racial justice in the Bronx.