Tobacco millionaire B.I. Duke constructed an electric car line from Raleigh Springs to Memphis that opened in 1892, cutting through the land of farmer William Henry Bingham. Bingham then opened his land south of these tracks to Black and Irish settlers; by 1895 there were enough residents to create a charter for this city.
What is Binghampton?
100
Beginning in this decade, businesses and industry left Binghamton, ultimately resulting in the current lack of jobs available to provide a living wage to its residents.
What were the 1960's.
100
Started in 2009 by Pastor Shun Abram, this local church focuses on the building of relationships through its operations to develop new believers, men, and women holistically within the community
What is Binghamton Community Church?
100
In 2013, this was the percentage of the eligible Binghampton population in the labor force.
What is 55%
100
These are the schools that serve the Binghamton community.
What are Cornerstone Prep, Lester Prep, Brewster Elementary and East High School?
200
In the early twentieth century before the introduction of steel, this company was the main employer in Binghamton, a manufacturing plant building wooden freight boxcars.
What is Binghamton Car Works?
200
By this year, 463 of the 951 homes in Tract 27 were built. That means 48.7% of all housing units in this tract are probably older than your grandparents.
What is 1939?
200
These are the three community health centers that serve residents of Binghamton.
What are Christ Community Health Center, Caritas Village, and Planned Parenthood?
200
This is the percentage of people who own their own homes in Binghamton. Hint: 52% of homes are occupied by renters.
What is 38%
200
By training members of the community in construction, the job-training program of this corporation focuses on developing Binghampton homes and has renovated 79 housing units and constructed 15 new houses in the neighborhood so far.
What is Binghamton Development Corporation?
300
In 1907 a clerical error on the original municipal charter was righted, resulting in this official spelling of our community.
What is B-I-N-G-H-A-M-T-O-N with no P?
300
In Census Tract 14, the area of Binghamton with the cheapest housing, an average home can be purchased for this amount.
What is $34,700?
300
This is the local police station in Binghamton.
What is Tillman Station?
300
Sam Cooper Boulevard split Binghamton in half and re-routed traffic off of Binghamton’s “main street”, Broad Avenue, which led to a decline of customers and building occupancy. This is the year that the Sam Cooper extension was completed.
What is 2002?
300
DAILY RANDOM: This former NBA Player coached temporarily at Lester Middle.
Who is Penny Hardaway.
400
Similar to the high school, this community center was built as a way to prevent African Americans from accessing "white" parts of the city.
What is Lester Community Center?
400
This high school was originally constructed in order to keep black students from attending the then all-white East High School.
What is Lester High School?
400
To illuminate the beauty of Binghampton, this organization started in 2012 and now provides opportunities for art projects, gardening experience, and tutoring for youth and adults in the area.
What is the Carpenter Art Garden?
400
Influenced by factors like obesity and poor nutrition, these are the two leading causes of death in Binghamton.
What is cancer and heart disease.
400
In order to build a bike shed and apprenticeship program for the residents of Binghampton, Victory Bikes on Broad Avenue is partnering with this local community program.
What is The Purple House?
500
In the 2.55 square miles that make up Greater Binghamton live just over 12,000 individuals. This is the racial makeup of that community.
What is 70% African American, 24.4% White, 3.4% Hispanic, 1% multiracial, and 0.4% Asian?
500
Originally intended to be the all-white flagship school of the city's elite students, decades of busing and white flight have caused this school to become a Title I School with a composite ACT score of 15.67
What is East High School?
500
Providing services for all aged members of the community, one aspect of this center offers first steps to Academic Readiness Learning Academy for children up to age 12, as well as homework and tutoring times regularly
What is Binghamton Community Life Center?
500
Many in the community expressed concern when it was decided the Achievement School Districts would take over Lester Elementary and Lester Middle School following years of student underperformance at both of these schools. Following the takeover of Lester Elementary in 2012, and the staggered takeover of Lester Middle in 2014 and 2015, these schools are now known by these names.
What are Cornerstone Prep and Lester Prep.
500
Prepping for success, 100% of parents at this charter school rated their satisfaction with the program as an A or a B.