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LISC Announces Expanded Strategy at "Wake Up to Progress"

Posted: 05/18/2012 - Katie Birkenfeld

Greater Kasnas City LISC announced two strategies for continuing thier community deveopment efforts in the coming years at the Wake Up to Progress breakfast event on May 16. Information about the new Greater KC Support Program and Centers for Financial Opportunity was shared.

Missouri Passes New Land Bank Legislation
LISC’s behind-the-scene efforts culminate in community support

Posted: 5/17/2012 - Terri Mueller

Greater Kansas City LISC is pleased to announce that the Missouri General Assembly passed legislation supporting the establishment of a land bank in Kansas City, Mo. The legislation is the culmination of two years of behind-the-scenes efforts by LISC to introduce and educate community leaders about the benefits of a land bank to address the 12,000 vacant and abandoned properties in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

LISC Grants Launch the KC No Violence Alliance
Law Enforcement Brings Successful Model to KC Urban Core

Posted: 5/15/2012

Greater Kansas City LISC is pleased to announce two grants totaling $74,000 to help launch and operate the KC No Violence Alliance, a groundbreaking effort to reduce crime in urban core neighborhoods. LISC is the first and currently the only funder for the new initiative, which is a “focused deterrence” law enforcement partnership.

Sustaining the Economic Life
of a Community Asset

Posted: 05/07/2012 - Greg Maher

A $1.2 million loan helps Swope Community Builders achieve near full occupancy for the Shops on Blue Parkway.

Notes from the Neighborhood - Spring 2012

Posted: 4/19/12

Highlights of recent progress in the six NeighborhoodsNOW target communities.