New Britain Legacies continues the community-driven planning process for the New Britain MLK Corridor, focused on long-term investment in youth, families, neighborhoods and economic opportunity across our city.”

Community empowerment projects are transforming neighborhoods across Connecticut through youth development, economic opportunity, education, leadership, and resident-driven solutions. Learn how local organizations, volunteers, and community leaders are creating lasting change and building stronger futures for generations to come.

Residents, families, and community members gathered during the Celebration of New Britain to participate in the first public engagement activation connected to the MLK Corridor Initiative.

“Before the funding, before the language—this was the perspective shaping real community change from lived experience.” October 31, 2019

A system designed to fund people to chase their dreams, unlock potential, and build stronger communities through real opportunity.

LBU awarded MLK Corridor planning phase, marking the shift from vision to structured, community-driven development.

Youth took lawmakers’ seats while leaders listened—shifting power, perspective, and policy through real lived experience and truth.

A testimony that reframed poverty and truancy—not as behavior, but as a response to instability—and shifted the conversation in the room.

Community leader Deivone Tanksley Sr. brings lived experience to the CT Appropriations Committee, highlighting real barriers children f

The MLK Corridor Planning RFP is officially live—transforming vision into strategy for housing, youth, and economic growth.

“Deivone M. Tanksley Sr. speaks before the Juvenile Justice Policy & Oversight Committee on youth, equity, and real solutions.”

“MLK Day is not just about remembering the dream—it’s about building the systems needed to sustain it for future generations.”

“The New England Patriots and the Kraft family honor Deivone M. Tanksley Sr. as a 2025 Patriots Difference Maker.”

“My Wife Didn’t Cook was built as more than a restaurant—it became a platform for connection, care, and community in New Britain.”

“A $500 book scholarship built on a simple belief: access to education can change a student’s entire future.”

Founder Deivone M. Tanksley Sr. is recognized by the New England Patriots Foundation as a 2025 Patriots Difference Maker.

Founder Deivone Tanksley Sr. appointed to Connecticut’s JJPOC Community Expertise Workgroup to help shape youth justice policy.

Every generation fears an ending. But what if this moment isn’t collapse — it’s a divine transfer already in motion?

Before fear, labels, and performance — you were already whole. This is an invitation to remember who you were before the world touched you.

This is a message for those shaped by fire, refined in silence, and prepared through struggle — not for recognition, but for service.