HACE

Mission

HACE, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) community development organization, was started in 1982 to respond to the need for economic empowerment in the Latino community. In fact, HACE was organized, in part, to prevent the impending closing of a central shopping mall in the heart of the Latino Commercial District in Eastern North Philadelphia, known as El Centro de Oro (the Golden Center). HACE used the successful redevelopment of the mall as the starting point to demonstrate to the community that they could take charge of their economic destiny. Since then, HACE has evolved into a productive and effective developer of both residential and commercial real estate as well as an advocate on behalf of the neighborhood residents and small businesses.

Organization Information