Two Cincinnati community development groups have each been awarded $10,00grants by the
Home Depot Foundation and
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) to assist them in improving their neighborhoods' physical health, energy efficiency, and sustainability.
Price Hill Will, which has rehabilitated and sold 16 vacant properties since 2005, will use its grant to hire a consultant to ensure that green practices are used in its current and future renovation projects.
Cincinnati Northside Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation, developer of two LEED Silver houses and leader of several renovations as part of its Fergus Street Homeownership Project, will use the funds to create a pedestrian-friendly greenspace in an abandoned railroad right-of-way.
"These community groups have been at the forefront of transforming Price Hill and Northside into sustainable, environmentally friendly neighborhoods, and these grants will help them advance their already impressive work," says Kathy Schwab, executive director of
LISC of Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky. "People are increasingly drawn to diverse, pedestrian-friendly communities like Northside and Price Hill, and additional green features will add to their appeal."
Created in 2002, the Home Depot Foundation has granted nearly $30 million to non-profit organizations, supported the development of more than 40,000 affordable and healthy homes, and planted and preserved more than one million community trees.
LISC, which supports non-profit community developers through the resources of corporations, governments, and philanthropists, has raised more than $7.8 billion to build or rehab nearly 215,000 affordable homes and develop 30 million square feet of retail, community, and educational space nationwide since 1980.
Writer:
Kevin LeMasterSource: Kathy Schwab, executive director, LISC of Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky
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