Since the 1990s, Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, Inc. (YMPJ) has been organizing residents of the South Bronx communities of Bronx River and Soundview/Bruckner to transform blighted landscapes and contaminated soils along the Bronx River into community assets. Partnering with City, State and Federal agencies along with local stakeholders, they have significantly remediated and redeveloped over 20 acres of park space and, in 2017, launched The Bronx River Foodway, creating the City’s first public foraging site and food forest. YMPJ was a lead partner in a local alliance that led to the $1.8 billion redevelopment of the Sheridan Expressway, creating direct access into the Hunts Point Distribution Center by reducing truck traffic on local streets reducing toxic air pollution and providing community access to the waterfront. YMPJ also spurred the creation of Morrison Avenue Plaza, a public place which includes an Open Market featuring tri-state area farmers and local entrepreneurs.  With support from CCF, YMPJ will develop The Soundview Economic Hub, a key spoke in their broader Bronx River/Soundview Sheridan-Bruckner Community Food Sovereignty Network, designed to transform the South Bronx from a food desert into a vibrant foodscape that supports increased community health, wealth, and resilience. The Hub will stimulate the local economy by providing opportunities for food manufacturers, vendors, and service providers, while also serving as a vibrant community space hosting food and cultural programming, clean soil distribution, employment, job training opportunities through incubator space, and intergenerational programs and activities for residents.