Waterbury’s RIBA (River Baldwin Association) ASPIRA will address the economic and racial/ethnic inequities that have devalued this once vibrant South End neighborhood (River Baldwin) by creating a strong, resident-driven, civic infrastructure, realigning/relocating job training services to increase resident access, and revising child care decision making policies to be more equitable insuring adequate access for neighborhood children and families. Focusing on one neighborhood provides an opportunity to advance changes in systems and policies and pilot a resident engagement model that can be replicated in other city neighborhoods.