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| President | William M. Threatt, Jr. |
| Board Chairman | Curtis L. Rogers |
| Address | 2420
E. Linwood Blvd. Suite 400 Kansas City, Missouri 64109 |
| Telephone | 816.924.5800 |
| Email Contact | ksmith@cdcofkc.org |
| Website | www.cdcofkc.org |
| Date CDC Began | April 1, 1971 |
| Mission / Vision Statement | CDC-KC's mission is to provide jobs and job training, increase income, develop and expand business and ownership opportunities for low-income, minority and disadvantaged people, housing (low-income and market rate) and encourage economic self-sufficiency within the inner-city target community. |
| Neighborhoods Served | All neighborhoods located within the boundaries of Independence Avenue (north) 75 th Street (south), I-435 (east) and Gillham Road (west), with current focuses in Santa Fe, Ivanhoe, Oak Park and Key Coalition. |
| Proudest Achievement | We bridged the gap between low to moderate senior and market rate housing in our comprehensive development within the Citadel subdivision which included 22 new single-family homes and a 60-unit elderly housing complex known as Woodlands at Citadel. In addition, 70% of CDC-KC's operational funds are generated from its own developments and projects. |
| Priorities for 2006-2007 | CDC-KC will continue the development of Project G on the northwest corner of 63 rd & Prospect by purchasing all real estate between 63rd to 62nd Street -- Prospect to Brooklyn, continue to pursue the redirection of the Metro Shopping Center, continue our efforts to reposition the two shopping centers at Linwood & Prospect, proceed with development plans for the 31st Street Corridor (north side – Prospect to B.R. Watkins Roadway) and the development of the Midtown Marketplace. |
| Programs, Products, Services | Economic development, business acquisitions, single family housing, multi-family housing, commercial development, real estate development feasibility and planning studies, senior housing, construction management, facilities management, for-profit real estate development and construction management services, commercial real estate acquisitions, neighborhood development, SBA Small Business Technical Assistance Program and national technical assistance and consulting services to non-profit business enterprises. |