Clinton Park, Houston

Carolyn Campbell of KHOU-TV described Clinton Park, close to the Port of Houston, as "small" and "isolated.

When racial integration occurred, Blacks no longer patronized Clinton Park and the community declined.

A nonprofit job training program in the Clinton Park area closed several years before 2006.

[5] Longoria and Rogers said in 2008 that Clinton Park, sparsely populated, "is isolated both geographically and socially from the rest of Houston."

Josephine Espree, a teacher at Clinton Park, said that the school closing was like a "death in the family" for the community.

[1] Edwin Davis, president of the Clinton Park Civic Club, criticized the closing of the school.

[16] The Houston Police Department Northeast Patrol Division serves the neighborhood with its headquarters at 8301 Ley Road.