Moreno Valley Youth Village Groundbreaking Ceremony

The Moreno Valley Youth Village Project

We are thrilled to announce one of InflectionPoint Design + Development Group’s (IPD2) most impactful projects yet - the Moreno Valley Youth Village - with our partners, the County of Riverside, the City of Moreno Valley, and Sigma Beta Xi: Youth & Family Services (SBX).  Together, on May 21, 2022, our team celebrated the project launch on the 3.79-acre property that will become an affordable, sustainable, and thriving community for transition-age youth (TAY) and families with children that are experiencing or at risk of homelessness. 

The Moreno Valley Youth Village project (MVYV) is the culmination of SBX’s mission to break the cycles of poverty and racism through mentorship and community organizing. Creating safe and affordable housing is a core aspect of supporting healthy lives for the young people they serve. The project received just under $4M in funding through the Riverside County Housing and Workforce Solutions Department, with the support of District 5 Supervisor Jeff Hewitt.

The funding will enable SBX to complete the first phase of their project master plan, which includes the property acquisition, renovation of three existing homes, a new single-family home, and a youth technology learning laboratory. When complete, the project will provide housing for 12 or more TAY youth and families. The property Master Plan, when complete, could provide healthy and secure housing for up to 60 or more residents in a supportive community atmosphere with sustainable design solutions, recreational amenities, and wellness-oriented programs to help residents to build a thriving life. 

In addition to providing secure housing, the Project will showcase SBX’s innovative approach to culturally empowering youth mentorship and family support services with on-site access to resources ranging from youth and parenting mentorship and social support services, to innovative vocational training, youth leadership empowerment activities, and Black and Latinx cultural heritage education and rite of passage programs.

The innovative youth technology learning laboratory site is a front-runner to host a new Best Buy Teen Tech Center (a first for Riverside County), through a partnership with Orange County-based Latinx youth education non-profit, Listo America - a leading member of the international MIT MediaLab Clubhouse Network. The Clubhouse network Best Buy Teen Tech Centers provide free access to leading-edge vocational technology equipment and devices with educational mentorship for underserved youth throughout southern California.

Project Team

The Moreno Valley Youth Village story begins with a group of Rialto High School students, who gathered nearly 25 years ago with the support of their mentor and teacher Ernest Rhodes IV and created Sigma Beta Xi (SBX), a youth mentorship and leadership organization. Together, they set out to develop future professional leaders under the principles of wisdom, brotherhood, sisterhood, service, endurance, excellence, and unity.

Over the last two decades, Sigma Beta Xi: Youth and Family Services, Inc. has grown into a leading youth and family services non-profit organization serving the communities of Moreno Valley, Perris, and Hemet in California’s growing Inland Empire region 60 miles east of Los Angeles. Since its founding, SBX has provided more than 40,000 hours of mentoring to more than 1,000 youth representing more than 20 schools throughout the region. 

In early 2021, SBX asked IPD2 to lead a project development team to create an affordable housing development to further enhance the services they provide to their community. After more than a year of effort, in April 2022 the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved $3.9M in project funding to support the Moreno Valley Youth Village phase 1 vision. Using federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act resources dedicated to creating affordable housing solutions to address the growing homelessness crisis exacerbated by the COVID pandemic, the County of Riverside Housing & Workforce Solutions Department made this exciting project possible.

Our Vision for Regenerative Communities

The Moreno Valley Youth Village brings to life the primary purpose of InflectionPoint Design + Development Group - creating transformational solutions to build regenerative communities centered on discovering and achieving the highest potential of each individual and the community as a whole. 

What does it look like when this vision blooms into life? 

Creating affordable housing communities that offer wrap-around social support services and innovative vocational training, youth mentoring, and leadership development. A place dedicated to ensuring that second-chance opportunities are provided to those who have endured adversity due to social inequities and systemic injustice, and is committed to creating economic mobility opportunities to .

IPD2 is committed to aligning the resources, expertise, and project management necessary to bring these innovative projects to life. We collaborate with the stakeholders, designers, and builders to ensure effective project controls solutions and team workflows to deliver reliable results throughout the entire project life-cycle.

Bringing the Vision to Life

Our world is navigating a critical inflection point right now, that will determine humanity’s ability to survive into the next century and beyond. Activating this vision and creating projects like the Moreno Valley Youth Village is how we are called to serve this moment, and rise up to the challenge of creating resilient and thriving communities. We start where we are, with what we have, and we infuse vision, capacity, and creativity into the process to steward potential into solutions that create tangible impact for those that need it most.

The Moreno Valley Youth Village will create a sense of place for residents, and provide necessary social support services to ensure residents have the resources required to thrive. Vocational training opportunities will be matched to the participants’ passion and creativity, in alignment with the needs of the regional economy.

If you’d like to explore how to create a project like this in your community, we are here to lend our support to help make that dream a reality.

For more information on the Moreno Valley Youth Village, here’s a link to a local news article on the Groundbreaking event.