Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Treasury awards LISC $115MM in NMTCs

webmaster@www.lisc.org — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Second largest award in the 2009 round of New Markets Tax Credit allocations

Highlights from the 2009 Rural LISC Seminar

Rural LISC — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:00:00 GMT

Highlights from the 18th annual Rural LISC Seminar - "Round Up of the Best Practices in Sustainable Communities."

Police share simple ways to prevent crime

KMBC-TV — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:30:00 GMT

In Kansas City's northeast side, local police, residents, and business owners team up to effect crime-deterring environmental design practices.

Building Sustainable Communities: Moving to Scale & Impact

webmaster@www.lisc.org — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:30:00 GMT

LISC commends administration on nomination of Corvington to lead national service agency

LISC — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:45:00 GMT

Recently nominated to be CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), Patrick Corvington of the Annie E. Casey Foundation will bring strong leadership and creative thinking to national service programs.

Sweetbriar now home to fourteen working families

Providence Business News — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:30:00 GMT

In Barrington, RI, a ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the completion of the Sweetbriar housing development's first phase. Executive director Barbara Fields is quoted in the article.

Low-income housing tax credit investment survey

Ernst & Young, LLP — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:15:00 GMT

A study by Ernst & Young, providing insight into the low income housing tax credit investment market, its investment history, current market conditions and investor motivations, and potential investor responses to certain legislative proposals designed to stimulate investment activity.

LISC names L.A. executive director

LISC — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:30:00 GMT

Miguel A. Garcia from the Ford Foundation is appointed executive director of Los Angeles LISC

Amid a citywide slump, a local exception

Christine Haughney | The New York Times — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:45:00 GMT

Lagging during the boom, Bedford-Stuyvesant is moving ahead during the recession - NYTimes.com. LISC MetroeEdge's market research for this Brooklyn, NY neighborhood is cited in this article.

Foreclosure crisis creates thousands more vacant buildings in KC

Michael Mansur | The Kansas City Star — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Following the publication of a Forbes magazine article which named Kansas City the nation's most "abandoned city," local leaders renew their focus on the growing number of vacant buildings in Kansas City's urban core neighborhoods. Julie Porter, executive director of the Greater Kansas City LISC, is quoted.

Experts Online: Get in the game!! - Part II - Preparing your NFL Grassroots proposal

webmaster@www.lisc.org — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:30:00 GMT

A follow-up to the August webcast, to provide an opportunity to address last minute questions about your NFL Grassroots proposal.

Experts Online Archive: Introducing STRENGTHMATTERS

webmaster@www.lisc.org — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:15:00 GMT

Archived webcast from 9/11/09 introducing new financial management resources for affordable housing owners

AHF Pop quiz: Betty Tamm of Umpqua CDC

Affordable Housing Finance — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:15:00 GMT

Betty Tamm, executive director of the Umpqua Community Development Corp., one of Rural LISC's CDC partners in Oregon, is interviewed in Affordable Housing Finance magazine.

New apartments for special clientele

Bill Stamps | KUHF Houston Public Radio — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:00:00 GMT

On behalf of six investors in its 2009 multi-investor fund, NEF invests $5.8MM in Sakowitz Apartments, a new construction project with 166 fully furnished SRO units in the Greater Fifth Ward.

Experts Online: Workforce development federal policy: What is happening besides ARRA ?

webmaster@www.lisc.org — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:15:00 GMT