2 Mothers, 1 Mission: A better life for their young families in 32209
“Everybody's scared to love each other around here, because of exactly what it is: a high crime area," Nikel Brooks said. "And I want everyone to feel loved.“
Author: Haley Harrison
Updated: 12:25 AM EST February 4, 2021
Some people living in the crime-plagued 32209 ZIP code believe cleaning up the streets means, quite literally, cleaning up the streets.
Two mothers' mission is simply to make their neighborhoods beautiful again.
'Be a change, where you want to see a change' is Nikel Brooks' and her business partner Moné Cohen’s motto.
“Everybody's scared to love each other around here, because of exactly what it is: a high crime area," Nikel Brooks said. "And I want everyone to feel loved.“