People, place, process
NEBRS Community Land Trust empowers our community
to steward vacant, underutilized properties.
We improve community health by increasing access to outdoor spaces,
while bringing land back to the commons.
NEBRS is dedicated to our community:
its land, its people, and its institutions of self-governance.
NEBRS operates within the communities of the northern Monongahela Valley,
a river valley most recently named by the Lenape people,
and whose traditional stewards are
the Šaawanwaki (Shawnee) and Onöndowa'ga:' (Seneca).
We acknowledge their storied histories, their survivance, and their sovereignty.
We strive to ensure that our work supports their power.
The heart of NEBRS CLT is our residents and the processes we build together.
NEBRS is committed to fostering stronger relationships between municipal government, residents, and grassroots orgs.
As NEBRS builds partnerships, we strive to make hard-to-access data public and easy to digest.
In 2027, NEBRS will be acquiring land to hold in trust for our communities.