About

HERE TODAY, HERE TO STAY!
!No Nos Mudaran!

Our History

In 2019, a group of neighbors came together to form the Norris Square Community Action Network (NSCAN). Since then, it has been organizing residents and collaborating with many groups to improve the neighborhood known as Norris Square, located in Southwest Kensington.

NSCAN is a resident-led coalition; neighbors fighting for equitable development, affordable housing and homeownership opportunities, improvements in health and economic outcomes, safer streets, a cleaner environment, social justice, and for a fair share of government resources.

NSCAN provides a vehicle through which homeowners and renters and business owners can share concerns and ideas, organize and mobilize to improve the quality of life for everyone, and help shape the future of the neighborhood.

Our Vision and Mission

We envision the Norris Square neighborhood as a thriving, diverse and inclusive community with a full range of housing, business, cultural and recreational offerings that enhance the quality of life for all of its residents.

NSCAN is committed to the preservation of single residential properties, community institutions and historic landmarks, making housing really affordable and accessible for low and moderate-income households, and creating economic opportunities for residents, such as creating a vibrant commercial retail environment and helping to create job opportunities.

We seek to accomplish our work by engaging and training residents to demand a fair share of public resources, ensuring that public investments are aligned with community needs and priorities, and promoting meaningful civic participation.

A Strong Community…
Informed, Caring, and Militant!

Protecting Residents’ Rights and Wellbeing

NSCAN has been in the forefront, denouncing before the City’s Streets & License & Inspections Departments, developers who blatantly violate construction regulations, damage adjacent properties, and place the public at-risk. NSCAN has held many developers accountable through the filing of complaints, securing “Work-Stop Orders” and forcing them to compensate home and small business owners whose properties have been damaged during demolition, excavations and/or regular construction.

Besides protecting residents and pedestrians during construction activity, NSCAN has also make demands from developers seeking zoning approvals, to hire residents and minority contractors, consider local and minority small business owners to lease new retail space, and reserve affordable units in their proposed developments.