MAP Farmhouse
LISC provided MAP with $1,360,000 in construction financing to aid in the development of the MAP Farmhouse Community Food Training and Resource Center (MAP Farmhouse), which will be located at 387 Massachusetts Avenue, on the west side of Buffalo, NY.
Safety and Justice: Supporting Collaborative Approaches for Safe Spaces
This webinar provides an introduction to LISC’s national Safety & Justice program and information on closing the relationship between place and crime. Tom Wyatt, based in Flint, MI, who has led dynamic partnership efforts along that city’s University Avenue Corridor presents on how to reduce crime associated with vacant properties.
LISC Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Webinar
This webinar from LISC’s New York State Housing Stabilization Fund team is designed to help local governments, housing counseling and advocacy agencies and nonprofit partners plan for how to best prevent and mitigate the coming mortgage and property tax foreclosure wave as a result of the financial effects of COVID.
Q&A with Erie County and the University at Buffalo’s Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA)
The Institute spoke with Brittany Perez, Director of Engagement and Outreach at the Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA) and Marie Cannon, Commissioner of Social Services about their work creating an inclusive, age-friendly community in Buffalo, NY Erie County.
Vacant Property Strategies
The community development industry has long prioritized addressing “vacants” as part of neighborhood revitalization strategies. As part of this brief, we’ve included snapshots of a variety of models to address vacant properties, both from LISC and our partners, as well as resources around remediation from practitioners in the field.
Webinar: Opportunity Zones
In this webinar, LISC Policy, New Markets Support Company and Economic Innovation Group discuss how you can advocate for Opportunity Zones in the areas of your state that your organization serves.