Lindsey Elam

February 7, 2020

The Dayton Arcade

Lindsey Elam

February 7, 2020

The Dayton Arcade is a historic rehabilitation project that has served as a vehicle for leveraging alignment in the city’s social programming, making it a notable example of how real estate development can spur equitable outcomes.

Lindsey Elam

January 14, 2020

Workforce

Minority Business Enterprise Capital for Construction

Lindsey Elam

January 14, 2020

Workforce

ECDI launched Capital for Construction to provide minority business enterprises (MBEs) with training and access to flexible and affordable short-term capital. The program works to reduce financial barriers and sustain MBE contractors’ businesses.

Lindsey Elam

December 10, 2019

Workforce

Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, Minority Business Accelerator

Lindsey Elam

December 10, 2019

Workforce

The Minority Business Accelerator highlights the power of leveraging existing anchors to yield more significant equity impacts. The Accelerator provides individually-tailored advisory support and coaching to help Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) acquire what they need to excel.

Lindsey Elam

November 5, 2019

Transportation

Central Ohio Transit Authority’s Downtown CPass

Lindsey Elam

November 5, 2019

Transportation

COTA provides eligible downtown workers with unlimited access to the entire bus system through the Downtown CPass program. CPass has been an innovative and effective way of encouraging alternative transportation, reducing parking needs, and increasing COTA’s ridership.

Lindsey Elam

October 7, 2019

Downtown Redevelopment, Placemaking

Downtown Newark Revitalization

Lindsey Elam

October 7, 2019

Downtown Redevelopment, Placemaking

The Downtown Newark Revitalization Project is an excellent example of leveraging an otherwise traditional infrastructure project into a transformative placemaking opportunity and economic generator for the city by creatively designing the project to be eligible for multiple funding sources.

Aaron Clapper

July 30, 2019

Downtown Redevelopment

Hamilton CORE Fund

Aaron Clapper

July 30, 2019

Downtown Redevelopment

Hamilton CORE is a 501(c)(3) partnership established to help accelerate downtown revitalization in Hamilton, and reduce financial barriers for investing in the urban core by managing funds for strategic commercial and below market single-family residential real estate property acquisition and investment.

Maria Walliser-Wejebe

July 30, 2019

Neighborhoods & Housing

Southside Renaissance Fund

Maria Walliser-Wejebe

July 30, 2019

Neighborhoods & Housing

The South Side Renaissance Fund is a $20 million loan fund for the financing of community development projects and the acquisition, construction and permanent financing of affordable single family and multifamily rental housing in South Side Columbus neighborhoods.

John Collier

July 9, 2019

Downtown Redevelopment

Rebirth of Ashtabula's Historic Bridge Street

John Collier

July 9, 2019

Downtown Redevelopment

LBCA’s traffic-generating events like fairs, festivals and open houses have drawn people to the historic Bridge Street in Ashtabula.

John Collier

July 9, 2019

Downtown Redevelopment, Civic Capacity

Rethinking Downtown Portsmouth Summit

John Collier

July 9, 2019

Downtown Redevelopment, Civic Capacity

The Scioto Foundation brought together a broad group of community stakeholders to discuss and brainstorm a vision for the future of Downtown Portsmouth.

John Collier

July 8, 2019

Neighborhoods & Housing, Placemaking

Ebeid Neighborhood Promise

John Collier

July 8, 2019

Neighborhoods & Housing, Placemaking

A 10 year, $50M place-based initiative to address the social determinants of health in a Toledo neighborhood.

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