The Washington Business Journal describes LISC's expanded investment in three Washington, DC neighborhoods: Ivy City, Congress Heights, and South Capitol, as part of LISC's Sustainable Communities program to support comprehensive community development. Since 1982, Washington, DC LISC has invested $100 million in DC neighborhoods. Oramenta Newsome, LISC's executive director in DC, states: "We have to look at it as every neighborhood is unique, and we have to address our strategies in a unique way." More[+]...

Greater KC LISC Supports Model School Program

The Kansas City Star profiles the Swope Corridor Renaissance's Upper Room, a summer school program held up as a model for the country. Started in 1999, at St. Louis Church, the program provides free summer daytime schooling and recreation for children of Kansas City's central core. In a recent study, John's Hopkins University concluded the program boosted student's academic skills. Greater Kansas City LISC is providing a $1.3 million loan to help expand the program to 3,500 children by 2012. More[+]...