Metro is a multicultural, multi-faith community benefit organization. We are Learning, Connecting and Engaging to Achieve Healthy People and Healthy Places. Fresno Metro Ministry is a multi-faith community organization that is "Learning, Connecting and Engaging to achieve healthy people and healthy places." Fresno Metro Ministry (Metro) is a 50 year old nonprofit community benefit organization founded by area churches, and now functions as a community economic development corporation. Based upon SHALOM-inspired values of wholeness, completeness, well-being, restoration, peace, justice and prosperity, our misión-vision is: “Learning, connecting and engaging to achieve healthy people and healthy places.” We seek to address the social, economic, health and safety issues experienced by children and families that remain in our neglected and disinvested neighborhoods by increasing access to and consumption of healthy food, improving the quality of the built and physical environment, and increasing the overall health and economic opportunities for underserved communities.