Community Partners
The challenges of community development are formidable. Success takes many partners, and LISC is fortunate to have many great partners throughout Connecticut. Each partner is very valuable to LISC as they bring us new ideas, energy and resources. Our success is a direct reflection of the partnerships that have been formed. The following is a list of the Connecticut Statewide Community Partners:
- Community Economic Development Fund
- Connecticut Housing Coalition
- Connecticut Housing Investment Fund
- Connecticut Main Street Center
- Corporation for Supportive Housing
- Partnership for Strong Communities
- Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation
- Connecticut Historical Commission
Community Economic
Development
Fund
Donna Wertenbach, Executive
Director
860-249-3800
d.wertenbach@cedf.com
430 New Park Avenue, 2nd
Floor
West Hartford, CT 06110-1142
http://www.cedf.com
CEDF was created in 1994 to revitalize Connecticut’s distressed neighborhoods by providing greater access to capital, technical assistance to small businesses, and support for community economic development. Since then, CEDF has provided millions of dollars in loans to small businesses, created and retained hundreds of jobs for the state’s residents, and funded innovative community planning efforts.
Joining forces with the state, leading lenders, and community representatives. CEDF is bringing resources to Connecticut’s small businesses and neighborhoods. CEDF initially served the 53 public and targeted investment communities. As of October 1, 2003 CEDF expanded its geographic area to include low and moderate-income small businesses statewide.
Connecticut Housing Coalition
Jeff Freiser
860-563-2943
info@ct-housing.org
30 Jordan
Lane
Wethersfield, CT 06109
http://ct-housing.org
The Connecticut Housing Coalition works to
expand housing opportunity and to increase the quantity and quality of
affordable housing available to people with low and moderate incomes throughout
Connecticut through advocacy, education and collaboration. Our 250-plus member
organizations represent the broad, vibrant network of community-based,
affordable housing activity across the state - including nonprofit developers,
housing service agencies, resident associations and diverse other housing
practitioners and advocates. The Coalition's activities include conferences,
training workshops, networking/referral services, action alerts and a quarterly
newsletter. We sponsor the Nonprofit Developers Network and the Public Housing
Resident Network.
Connecticut Housing Investment Fund
Cynthia Russell
860-233-5165
cynthia@chif.org
121 Tremont Street
Hartford, CT 06105
http://www.chif.org
The Connecticut Housing Investment Fund, Inc. (CHIF) is a statewide non-profit community development financial institution that provides flexible financing, loan servicing and technical expertise to developers of affordable housing and neighborhood revitalization projects. CHIF provides housing financing solutions to help strengthen Connecticut communities. CHIF provides nonprofit organizations, municipalities, and individuals with construction, homeowner energy conservation, downpayment, interim bridge, and rehabilitation loans. CHIF also provides loan servicing and portfolio management services to state agencies, municipalities and non-profit organizations.
Connecticut Main Street Center
John Simone, Executive
Director
860-280-2337
john@ctmainstreet.org
c/o CL&P, Box
2370
Hartford, CT 06146-2370
http://www.ctmainstreet.org
The Connecticut Main Street Center is a non-profit organization devoted to the revitalization of Connecticut’s downtown districts. We believe that by spurring economic development within the context of historic preservation, we can help Connecticut’s Main Streets once more become thriving centers of commercial and social activity.
Today, Americans are tiring of anonymous sprawl and yearn for the rich fabric of life that vital neighborhoods can provide. They recognize that a healthy downtown is key to the viability of the entire community surrounding it. However, reviving a central commercial district is a complex, long-term process.
Part of a national network that has been in place for over 20 years, the Connecticut Main Street Center brings together public officials, business owners, financial resources, community activists, and the economic development and historic preservation communities under one umbrella organization. We help communities analyze core issues and set attainable objectives. We provide training workshops, design and technical assistance, and advocacy. Our organized yet flexible approach allows communities to identify and develop their unique assets in an incremental and comprehensive way.
The Connecticut Main Street Center follows a national model called the Main Street Approach to Downtown Revitalization™. Developed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the program advances economic development within the context of historic preservation and advocates public-private partnerships to ensure lasting success. Today forty-four states have Main Street programs in a total of more than 1,600 separate communities, ranging from small towns to targeted neighborhoods in big cities.
Corporation for Supportive Housing
Janice Elliott, Southern New England
Director
203-789-0826
snep@csh.org
129 Church Street, Suite 608
New
Haven, CT 06510
http://www.csh.org
"CSH helps communities create permanent housing with
services to prevent and end
homelessness."
Partnership for Strong Communities
Diane Randall, Director
860-247-4322
diane@ctpartnershiphousing.com
32 Grand Street
Hartford, CT 06106
http://www.ctpartnershiphousing.com
The Partnership for Stong Communities is dedicated to increasing affordable housing and supportive housing in Connecticut. Together with our partner organizations (the Connecticut AIDS Residence Coalition, Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, Connecticut Housing Coalition, Connecticut Housing Investment Fund, the Corpora;tion for Supportive Housing, and NAMI-CT (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) and along with scores of non-profit housing developers and social service providers, we advocate in the Connecticut General Assembly with a network of organizations and individuals concerns about ending homelessness, increasing the supply of affordable housing, and implementing effective community development.