Community & Human Development

Center for Civic Empowerment (CCE)

Building partnerships to advance equity, reduce poverty, and improve community outcomes.

The Center for Civic Empowerment (CCE) serves as a multi-use connectivity hub engineered to equip nonprofits, neighborhood-driven organizations, government agencies, and other civic groups to establish relationships to further the vision, mission, and goals set forth by the CCE and City of El Paso.

Eligibility

  • Eligible organizations and/or events include nonprofit organizations, neighborhood associations, volunteer groups, government entities, community partners or City of El Paso departments interested in hosting events that align with the CCE’s objectives. Groups using the facility must comply with all federal, state, and city regulations.
  • Ineligible organizations and/or events include profit-making events, political organizations, campaigns and activities, public/private social gatherings, religiously affiliated organizations and activities, and events that don’t align with the CCE’s objectives.

Please review the CCE's Policies & Procedures and submit a request to reserve a space. Contact us if you have any questions.

Submit A Request

Center Information

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday

304 Texas Ave, 17th Floor
El Paso, TX 79901

(915) 212-1930

[email protected]

Only City of El Paso, state, and federal agencies may host after-hours events. Advance staff approval, a signed agreement, and a certificate of insurance are required, and events must be scheduled between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. MT.

Available Meeting Rooms

 

Room A

Room A

45 - 50 person seated capacity within a private space.

Room B

Room B

20 - 25 person seated capacity in an open space.

Room C

Room C

45 - 50 person seated capacity within a private space.

Meeting Room Capabilities

  • Interactive Hybrid Meetings
    With visual and audio Cisco Webex integration, guests can organize hybrid meetings in which virtual attendees can equivalently hear anyone within the room and openly interact with fellow participants. Camera features can be selected to follow a single speaker and/or view the entire meeting room, while focusing in on the individual(s) who are speaking.

  • Host Concurrent Meetings
    The CCE offers a total of (3) meeting rooms, all of which have the ability to host events in a hybrid format, while (2) of which remain private and soundproof.

  • Ability to convert into one large event space
    To accommodate larger public and/or private events, all (3) CCE meeting rooms can be converted into one large open space, in which the audio and visual features on the television screens are automatically shared throughout the entire space.
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