Local Initiatives:
It starts with team work. As part of Houston LISC’s GO Neighborhoods program, Houston’s Northside community identified youth, parks, and active living spaces as top priorities.
Local Initiatives:
Council Member Gonzalez and Mayor Parker discuss Northside’s plans for Castillo Park. Started as a community safety project, the space will connect schools, a library, and clinic.
Local Initiatives:
LISC provided a seed grant that the community leveraged to make a new park at the local elementary school a reality.
Local Initiatives:
This grant and the funds raised by the community helped create safe places for Northside’s youngest residents, while catalyzing other investments in the neighborhood.
Local Initiatives:
LISC’s support helped Avenue CDC secure LEED ND certification for their new Avenue Place development – 95 units for homeownership in the Northside.
Local Initiatives:
Avenue CDC’s affordable apartments created new options for families less than a mile from a new light-rail stop in the neighborhood.
Local Initiatives:
A partnership of GO Neighborhoods, Avenue CDC, Capital One, State Farm and LISC helped this small business in the Northside get stronger and beautify its facade.
Local Initiatives:
Money Talks served as a key community event for building financial literacy organized by neighborhood leaders and Wesley Community Center, a LISC Financial Opportunity Center.
Local Initiatives:
The New Markets Support Company, works with YES Prep Public Schools, to improve Northside kids’ learning opportunities through a major expansion of the local YES Prep campus.