The area is part of the the city council's multi-million pound Eastside redevelopment project.

BBC: Birmingham's 'first new park for a century' opens

Mr Lewis is the founder of the Eastside Young Leaders Academy in Newham in east London.

BBC: Mayor's aide in cash claim probe

Back in March 2010 Mr Lewis launched his own private mentoring project called Capital Men through his charity, Eastside Young Leaders Academy.

BBC: Mayor's mentoring programme comes under scrutiny

But first he was coming to spend a week with Ruma and see the house she and Adam had bought on the Eastside of Seattle.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Unaccustomed Earth'

After years of wishing to be a writer, Betsy decided to start documenting her musings on career, fashion and the millennial woman in a blog titled, Eastside Career Chic.

FORBES: Dealing With Depression at Work: What You Need to Know

Another accomplishment for CCIP was in 2005 when the Wells Fargo Regional Foundation awarded a grant to launch a neighborhood planning initiative for a neighborhood community on the eastside of the City.

WHITEHOUSE: Champions of Change Blog

"They have a different way of seeing the world, with their charts, graphs and deadlines, " says Patti Skelton, executive director of Youth Eastside Services, which counsels kids and parents on issues such as better parenting and preventing teen violence.

FORBES: Spreadsheet Philanthropy

However, BBC London learned that the successful University of East London bid, now also renamed the Capital Men project, was drafted by the same Dr Ian Joseph of Eastside who since January 2011 has been employed as a research fellow at the university.

BBC: Mayor's mentoring programme comes under scrutiny