My name is Claudia Ponce, and I am currently a freshman at the University of Texas at El Paso, and the topic of Downtown Reconstruction was the one that I started with at the beginning of the semester at English 1312, at the end I focused on "El Segundo Barrio". I chose this topic because, as soon as I heard of it, I knew I had to do something to spread the word about this important topic throughout all the community. This is a neighborhood that many residents of El Paso do not know about, and this concerns me, this is a neighborhood full of history, and it is a reason to feel proud of being residents of El Paso. I have been at "El Segundo Barrio" a couple of times, I have seen how it has been changing through time, but there is a lot work left. The Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy is a well-organized plan, which looks for the best of the community. It will give the residents of the neighborhood new houses at affordable costs. It is going to provide education and recreation facilities for the residents. I hope that with this website, more people get to know about this project, and more people try to get involved in this movement of trying to make one of the treasures of El Paso a better place to live. What I have learned so far with this particular topic, is that we can always do something to help our community, there is always someone who will need your help, or there is going to be always something to do to make your city a better place.