Etampes Town Hall wants to build a new community center for the Croix de Vernailles neighborhood, a modern urban area built in the 1960s on top of a hill up north of the city center. The existing facilities are dispersed all over three different buildings in the neighborhood making it very difficult to create a cohesive social project. Moreover, in recent years, the neighborhood has seen a dramatic increase in population making the existing spaces too small.

The Rosa Parks Community Center project can be seen as a dispositive to empower adults, families, and children in need. It provides the community with a multiplicity of recreational activities and educational programs for minorities that have low educational levels. The center serves among other functions as a place to gather, share and bond to create a sense of belonging and identity in the neighborhood.