Media Center

Media Contact:       

Terri Mueller

Director of Development & Public Relations
816.753.0055 x19
tmueller@lisc.org

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Greater Kansas City LISC Brochure

NeighborhoodsNOW Mid-Program Report (August 2007)

Greater Kansas City LISC Fact Sheet

NeighborhoodsNOW Fact Sheet

Lending & Development Fact Sheet

Policy Fact Sheet

LISC National Annual Report – 2007; 2006;  2005

News headline archives

       2008

• Local Advisory Board project inspires all.
• LISC-supported Upper Room summer reading program featured in the Kansas City Star.
• New townhomes unveiled in Downtown, KCK.
• Asset building program makes dreams a reality.
• LISC Loan supports successful summer reading program.
• Doulgass-Sumner's DASH project was recently featured on KCUR, the local NPR station.
• Greater Kansas City LISC executive named to PIEA Board
• LISC and the Kansas City Chiefs announce $50,000 grant to upgrade the football field at St. John Francis Regis High School.
• Kansas State Housing Trust Fund has first permanent funding source.
• LISC Wins Largest Award in Latest Round of New Markets Tax Credit Investment Authority
• LISC sponsors Spring Housing Symposium.
• Congressman Dennis Moore presents NeighborhoodsNOW with DOJ Grant.
• Energy Efficient Homes Unveiled in Blue Hills
• KCK Redevelopment plans get noticed by the press.
• Former President Bill Clinton praises LISC in his new book
• $1.5 Million in federal funding will benefit KCK neighborhoods.
• 2007 was a healthy year for LISC lending with $3.5 Million invested in Kansas City's urban core.

       2007

• PEI Youth benefit from LISC loan.
• Missouri Neighborhoods Benefit from $275,000 in State Funding
• Public - private partnership maximizes limited resources.
• LISC Wins Largest Award -$133 Million- in Latest Round of New Markets Tax Credit Investment Authority.
• Investors join LISC Team - New Loan Fund Expands our Impact

• The Kansas City Chiefs join Greater Kansas City LISC in dedicating a new    NFL Grassroots field for the Hickman Mills C-1 School District.

• Southtown TIF Receives Advanced Funds for Neighborhood Improvement Grants.

• Julie Porter, LISC Executive Director, shares her thoughts on KCMO's new housing policy, as recently featured in the Kansas City Star.
• $200,000 NFL grant awarded to Hickman Mills School District.
• Kansas City, Kan. Neighborhoods Announced for Revitalization

• Greater Kansas City LISC Announces Banner Year of Lending

       2006

• CNN Profiles National LISC Board Chairman on the Paula Zahn Now Show

• Greater Kansas City LISC will receive additional national support as a "Sustainable Communites" pilot site
• LISC Joins with reStart, Inc. in a $2.5 Million Renovation
• Greater Kansas City LISC Featured in BankNews
• Shopping Centers Today: worth a second look
• LISC Wins $140MM in “New Markets” Investment Authority
  Represents largest award to nonprofit in fourth round of NMTC allocations
• CHWC Awarded NFL Grassroots grant to Upgrade Bishop Ward Field

Newsletter archives

• Summer 2008
• Spring 2008
• Winter 2008
• Fall 2007
• Summer 2007
• Spring 2007
• Winter 2007
• Fall 2006