Tonya Allen

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Tonya helped provide more than $60,000 in grants to neighborhood organizations and has done an abundanc of work for her community!

Winner/Finalist Info
Finalist or Winner: 
Winner
State: 
MI
Describe what this winner does/did: 
Tonya helped provide more than $60,000 in grants to neighborhood organizations, organized 34 area churches to increase childhood immunization rates to 89%, and mobilized parents at five local schools to secure $3 million in school repairs in her Eastside Detroit neighborhood.

Tonya is currently still working to improve neighborhoods as Vice President of the Skillman Foundation in Detroit. Like Tonya, the Warren/Conner Development Coalition also continues to help neighborhoods in Detroit recover from economic hardships and violence. The obvious signs of new investment are everywhere – from a “new and improved” Warren-Conner Shopping Center, to a rebuilt Villages at Parkside – from a brand new Mack Alter Square – to three new community parks – from the Chandler Park Aquatic Park to the recently-announced plans by the Salvation Army to put a $50 million new state-of-the art Community, Recreation and Performing Arts Center on Conner at Chandler Park Drive. This project has had a lasting impact on Detroit!

Year in which award/grant was awarded: 
2000