SSC2011_Bill Taft PPT

The Local Initiatives Support Corporation Helping neighbors build communities

National LISC
LISC began 30 years ago with an initial capitalization of $10 million
LISC has invested $10 billion into 3,000 local economic development groups
LISC has funneled as much as $1 Billion a year in grants, loans, and equity investments into their projects.

LISC Indianapolis Mission Statement
LISC Indianapolis helps resident-led, community-based development organizations transform distressed communities and neighborhoods into healthy ones – good places to live, do business, work and raise families

LISC operates on three levels
Direct Support : Provides assistance to individual community development organizations & projects
Attracting Co-Investors : Leverages LISC investments to attract additional partners to community development
System Development : Improves effectiveness of local, state, and national community development environments

LISC Programs
Comprehensive, Neighborhood-Based Development Through:
Investment in Housing
Stimulating Local Economic Activity (FOCUS)
Increasing Family Income, Wealth, and Employment
Improving Access to Quality Education
Supporting Healthy Environments and Lifestyles
Great Indy Neighborhoods Initiative

LISC Sustainable Communities

Smart Growth District TOD Quality of Life Plan r e t h i n k o u r d i r e c t i o n r e n e w o u r c o m m u n i t y r e d e f i n e o u r f u t u r e

Noblesville
146 th Street
116 th Street
96 th Street
82 nd Street
71 st Street
62 nd Street
52 nd /Keystone Ave
38 th Street
30 th Street
25 th Street
16 th Street
10 th Street
Union Station
Potential Smart Growth District Stops 14 Potential Station Areas 6 Potential TOD QOL Stops

CDC 11: United North East CDC 7: Martindale-Brightwood CDC 4: King Park GINI – Brag TOD Planning Areas

Why TOD in the Smart Growth District?
Brownfields – one of the largest concentrations in Indy
Major North-South Greenway - Former rail line now thrives in more developed neighborhoods
Social justice – two CDC’s and several nonprofits addressing these issues separately
Leverage – some reinvestment projects already underway
Need for redevelopment mixed with recent investment in an urban neighborhood with historic significance requires Smart Growth and TOD density-building principles

SGD Social Capital
4 New private, magnet or charter schools in last 10 years
4 Existing parks

SGD Brownfields
Several million in recent brownfield cleanups
Assessment of 16 properties
Remediation of 9 priority sites

SGD Development Investments & Opportunities
Zoning overhaul for mixed-use and residential
206 Home-owner occupied proposed repairs
Proposed 30 res/ 11 comm redeveloped lots
New Northeast Corridor Transit Line
Recent new enterprise park
Proposed 80-unit multi-family housing

SGD Connectivity
Proposed Northeast Corridor Transit Line
Bike lanes & corridor pedestrian access improvements - connect four schools, three parks, a major greenway and the potential new transit line
Bicycle boulevard - crosses two parks, a major greenway and a school

SGD Social Capital
New 2.5 mile greenway connector of two existing trails, making a new 10 mile loop
3 New proposed parks
Green stormwater management principles on all proposed infrastrucuture improvements

Bill Taft Executive Director , LISC Indianapolis [email_address] (317) 396-0588x12

SSC2011_Bill Taft PPT

by National Housing Conference & the Center for Housing Policy on Oct 03, 2011

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