Fairfax Renaissance Development Corp. In the News
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Crowder wrote, “Dr. Edith Irby Jones, the daughter of an Arkansas sharecropper and domestic worker, was born poor, Black and a female in the heart of what was the wealthy White man’s South, but allowed nothing to discourage her from fulfilling her potential and becoming a renowned physician and humanitarian. |
Fairfax Renaissand board of directors Vice Chair Dana Cpaers welcomes the guest and honoree to the Community Award Dinner. Photo by Rodney L. Brown Photography |
“After receiving her medical degree in 1952, she practiced medicine for six years in her hometown of Hot Springs, Arkansas, until relocating to Houston, where she established an inner-city private practice that treats patients of all races.
(left to right) FRDC Executive Director Vickie Eaton Johnson, Dr. Edith Irby Jones and Dana Capers. Photo by Rodney L. Brown Photography |
“She helped establish Houston’s Mercy Hospital, as well as medical clinics in Haiti, Mexico and Uganda, and taught at three institutions of medicine, including Baylor College and Cornell University. “`I have been blessed to have been born into poverty,' said Jones. She spoke in depth about being one with the universe and making a difference in the world so it will be a better place. `I have seen the worst of times and the best of times, and I am convinced that best is yet to come.' “Even at the tender age of 77, Jones is still working
to improve the quality of life for all people. `I will not go
to my grave until every person can have better than second-hand
health care.’” |
Endless floods of light
brighten workers’ days at Fairfax Renaissance
Development Corp. - article by Corwin A. Thomas in the Monday,
July 12, 2004, The Plain Dealer
"If this weren’t Northeast Ohio - prone to dark, gray days that stretch into weeks - there would be little need for artificial light in the offices of Fairfax Renaissance Development Corp.
“Windows
soar from floor to ceiling along the front of the 9,000-square-foot
space that’s tucked into the front corner of Quincy Place
at Emanuel Square, 8111 Quincy Ave. In each office that runs
along the front, the interior walls are made of glass and sliding
barn doors, which close to provide privacy. The glass lets
an abundance of light spill into hallways and other areas. |
 FRDC's comfortable Board Room |
“Light also floods into the board room - and beyond to the kitchenette and community room - through a wall of windows.
“Jacek Ghosh, economic development director for the urban planning organization, said the group has been in the space for three years. It had been crammed into 2,500 square feet in a building on Carnegie Avenue, where one room served several purposes.
“The new building also has a computer-filled intern bullpen area, where students from Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State University come to apply there newly learned urban planning skills. `This is probably the nicest intern space in Ohio,’ Ghosh jests.
 FRDC's Community Room, which is available to groups for rental. |
“He said the overall design - the openness along with amenities - worked nicely because `during the time it took to do the entire building, we kept tweaking things and gathering more ideas.’ “He said the overall design - the openness along with amenities - worked nicely because `during the time it took to do the entire building, we kept tweaking things and gathering more ideas.’ |
“Fairfax Renaissance Development Corp., which owns and manages the building, went so far as to test-drive chairs to see if they were derriere-friendly, Ghosh said.
“The building is also home to the Fairfax Neighborhood Family Service Center and Children and Family Services.”
