Timeline

1972
SoBRO Created To Reverse Flight of Businesses from the South Bronx
1974
SoBRO Establishes Job Training and Real Estate Departments
1980
SoBRO Rebuilds Abandoned industrial Building in Port Morris
1983
SoBRO Helps Retail Businesses in Key Commercial Areas
1984
SoBRO Promotes industrial Development and Helps Businesses Access City Incentives
1987
SoBRO Offers Adult Education and Employment Services
1990
SoBRO Creates Third Avenue Business Improvement District
1992
SoBRO Launches Credit Inc.
1993
SoBRO Begins After School Program for High School Students
1996
SoBRO Begins Developing Affordable Housing
SoBRO Establishes Project Save, a Savings Program For School Children
1998
SoBRO Spearheads Improvements of the Bruckner Boulevard Arts and Antiques District
SoBRO Gets First YouthBuild Grant
1999
SoBRO Becomes Lead CBO for Mott Haven Weed & Seed
2000
SoBRO Launches Faith Based Initiative
SoBRO Opens Hub Community Technology Center
SoBRO Builds Amber Court, Supportive Housing for People with Special Needs
2001
Tenants Move into Brook Avenue Gardens, Housing for Low and Moderate Income Families
Brook Avenue Gardens Receives Lucy Moses Historic Preservation Award
SoBRO Opens the Venture Center, First Bronx Small Business incubator
2002
The SoBRO Center Opens st 555 Bergen Avenue
SoBRO Selected By Mayor as Site for the First NYC Small Business Solutions Center
2003
Tenants Move into Jasmine Court, SoBRO’s Second Supportive Housing Building
SoBRO Partners With the NYC Department of Education for Global Enterprise Academy, A Small Public High School and New Beginnings, An Alternative School Program
Youth Programs Recognized Nationally with PEPNET Award
2004
Tenants Move into Taino Plaza, First Large Multi-Family ‘Green’ Building in the Bronx
Tenants Move into Longwood and Prospect Apartments, Mixed-income Affordable Housing
SoBRO Receives New York State Small Business Not-For-Profit Organization of the Year Award
2005
SoBRO Receives A Prestigious National Science Foundation Grant For the After School Program
SoBRO Implements Rental Assistance Program To Help Homeless People Become Self Sufficient
2006
SoBRO Launches First Public Wifi Hot Spot in the South Bronx
SoBRO Begins to Manage Woodycrest House, a 39 Unit Residence For Families with Special Needs
2007
SoBRO Holds its First Joint Business Expo/ Job Fair
SoBRO Launches its New Website at www.sobro.org
2008
SoBRO wins the NYC Employment & Training Coalition Serving Youth award
SoBRO receives Certificate of Excellence from the national Coming Up Taller awards
Redevelopment of Roberto Clemente Plaza commences