Near East Side Legacy Center exemplifies Indy LISC's "all for one" approach
LISC helps Indy help itself
"The real mission is to rebuild a quality of life," says Bill Taft (Executive Director of Indianapolis LISC) of LISC's approach to neighborhood revitalization, "that then makes people choose to live there, choose to invest there, choose to shop there. What it takes to get to that goal varies from neighborhood to neighborhood." For two decades, LISC in Indianapolis has been implementing a neighborhood approach to revitalization, where residents, business people, civic and government leaders, and many others work together to rebuild their communities. More[+]...
Art studio fires up kids' creativity
Located on 6th Street in Strawberry Hill in Downtown Kansas City, Kansas, Epic Arts Studio has become a hub of activity providing art and ceramics classes for all ages and abilities. Epic, formerly a long-empty storefront is now a community arts space, was partially funded by Greater Kansas City LISC. It is a prime example of what binds together a community – residents who come together to enrich themselves and improve their neighborhood. More[+]...
Rebirth of a theater revives a neighborhood
By Faye Fiore - When the Howard Theater opened in 1910, its grand façade staring down on the segregated streets of Washington D.C., they called it “the largest colored theater in the world.” The distinction may have been a civil rights disgrace, but the theater was the centerpiece on what came to be known as Black Broadway. Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles and Marvin Gaye cut their artistic teeth there. More[+]...
