History

The best ideas originate from within the grassroots of the community. A citizen group within the community recognized ten (10) years ago that many of its youth and some of its adults were struggling to stay in school and to find gainful employment. This citizens’ group, many of whom were affiliated with the Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, found others within the community that had similar views. This small community group facilitated by Betty B. Bosier went forward on March 15, 1999 with the support of the Zion Hill church and created a 501-C-3 private, non-profit corporation on April 11,  2001.   The non-profit  affiliate of the Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, The Paxville Community Development Corporation (PCDC), has operated for the past ten (10) years as a community facility addressing the educational literacy and life skills of youth and adults within the town of Paxville and the surrounding communities.

The Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church had incorporated the needs of this grassroots community into a vision of what the community could accomplish by helping itself to solve the economic problems that were severely impacting the Paxville community. The Zion Hill church raised the funds, purchased a significant tract of land within the town of Paxville, and renovated an old 1900’s two-story structure into what is now the Paxville Community Development Corporation. The Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church and its affiliate have a larger vision that includes a second facility to offer workforce basic skills and opportunities to enhance the technology skills of both the communiites’ youth and adults.