NORRIS SQUARE CIVIC ASSOCIATION (NSCA) IS A COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1982 BY RESIDENTS IN AN EFFORT TO TURN AROUND THE CONDITIONS OF BLIGHT AND UNEMPLOYMENT SURROUNDING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. NORRIS SQUARE WAS UNDERGOING MASSIVE DISINVESTMENT OF CAPITAL AND PEOPLE. VACANT PROPERTIES POCKMARKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE FAMILIES WERE UNABLE TO FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. BANKS AND BUSINESSES LEFT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND MORTGAGE COMPANIES REFUSED TO INVEST. DRUG SELLING AND USING WAS RAMPANT AND TRASH AND ABANDONED VEHICLES WERE ALL OVER. WITHIN 15 YEARS