ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND

Hagar Civilization Training Missionary, has its corporate headquarters in the beautifully restored Bronner Brothers Historic properties located at the intersection of Martin L. King, Jr., Drive, NW and Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard, NW.  Situated in Vine City and English Avenue communities in the heart of Atlanta’s historic civil rights movement and at the epicenter of Atlanta’s African Americans former economic greatness, the organization’s affordable residential and commercial developments are adjacent to retail and service amenities and major thoroughfares including the Marta Ashby Transit Station and the number 3 Bus Route.  As such, Hagar crafted an unparalleled reputation for enhancing the community by undertaking and/or completing the following:
  • Preserving the Historic Bronner Brothers property situated as an attractive gateway to the Westside which is the home of the famed Civil Rights Movement, and its leaders
  • Developing and managing well-appointed affordable senior, veteran and disability accessible housing for Legacy Residents
  • Making free space available for operating, in partnership with Westside Community Alliance/Georgia Tech and the Atlanta Community Food Bank, the Westside Resource Center, situated in the heart of the Westside, wherein neighbors are able to apply for and/or renew public benefits and access and learn how to use internet-accessible computers free of charge
  • Creating short and long term employment opportunities in the construction industry
  • Providing free meeting space for the ML King/Ashby Merchants Association
  • Incubating small businesses and energetic entrepreneurs
  • Assisting small business owners with accessing available resources and information
  • Offering volunteer and intern opportunities for area students and youth
  • Establishing a facility to offer a fee based martial arts training to youth and adults 

HISTORY OF SUCCESS 

Hagar made  significant  improvements  to the transit  pedestrian  corridor and  street elevation  at the  intersection of  Joseph E. Lowery  Boulevard and  Martin L. King,  Jr. Drive in  Atlanta.
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This location in Atlanta (left) used to be the home of  one of the largest private African American hair and skin care producers in the United States,  Bronner Bros. Enterprise. They have since moved from this site and it has been converted by HCTM into a beautiful headquarters space, a Walk-By Museum, and an incubator for small businesses.
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​This building (right), formerly the home of the Bronner Bros business mentioned above, is now the current home of HCTM. It has been transformed into a Virtual Walk-by Museum by HCTM's leaders and it is also serves as a hub for businesses in the area.