Local Initiatives:
Becoming What We Can Be: DC LISC celebrated a successful year of grand openings in 2012.
Local Initiatives:
New Harvest for Sale: At THEARC in Congress Heights, area youth participated in a new farmers market by learning to harvest organic produce and selling to neighborhood residents.
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Victory Square: LISC supported new housing that opened in 2012 for senior citizens in Parkside-Kenilworth Promise Neighborhood.
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Brookland Lofts: Artists-in-Residence: Through Low Income Housing Tax Credit Equity, DC LISC supported the construction of a mixed-use arts facility that contains 41 affordable live/work units for low-income artists and their families.
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With LISC support, Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB) purchased and converted a warehouse into a new facility which enabled them to significantly increase food distribution and provide enhanced nutrition and education services.
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From Duke Ellington to Esperanza Spalding: Celebrating the Music of Yesterday and Today. DC LISC's investment in Howard Theatre has helped to restore the economic vitality of this neighborhood.
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Griffin House Apartments welcomed 22 families and 18 adults who were homeless, and/or have special needs into stable, energy-efficient permanent housing.
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Open House for the Lewis family: DC LISC has been investing in Ivy City since 2009. In 2012, another 17 homes were completed and sold in the charming little enclave.
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CentroNía: This new, early childhood education center is a multicultural learning community with a pioneering approach to bilingual education.
Local Initiatives:
The center meets the need for affordable, quality early-childhood education for children of working families in the multi-ethnic Columbia Heights neighborhood.