Organizers came together on Wednesday in a Portsmouth neighborhood to share all available community resources and distribute back-to-school supplies.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The city of Portsmouth hosted ConnectFest Wednesday in the city’s Southside Gardens neighborhood to connect the community with city resources.
The event gave organizations the chance to show residents what they have to offer, valuable information, and the means to find resources to help them thrive.
According to the Manager of Workforce Development with Portsmouth Economic Development, Nahla Saleh, ConnectFest was a partnership with Portsmouth At Work and the Portsmouth Police Department.
“There is a need to do events that are onsite in the community and that’s where Portsmouth ConnectFest came about,” said Saleh. “We picked the three communities in Portsmouth that needed the most. The barrier of not being able to go into a hiring event or finding resources so we bring it right into the community, …