Digital Youth

Digital Youth See Leading Edge of Tech at IIT

News—Nearly 60 teens visited the school as part of the final event of the eight-week Digital Youth Summer Jobs program, sponsored by LISC/Chicago in partnership with the City of Chicago, as part of the Smart Communities program. Continue…

Community Showcase Tours

Showcase Tours Start With “Parks & Boulevards”

News—Round Two of Community Showcase continues with Humboldt Park, East Garfield and North Lawndale. Continue…

Elev8 Students to Congressman: Immigration Reform Now

Elev8 Students to Congressman: Immigration Reform Now

News—A team of African-American and Latino students representing the five Elev8 Chicago schools earlier this month led a forum on immigration reform featuring Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-4). The predominant themes were a call to end deportations, especially when they divide families, and the importance of citizens speaking out on behalf of undocumented immigrants silenced by their status. Continue…

LISC Wants You to Step Up to the Plate

LISC Wants You to Step Up to the Plate

News—By teaming up with State Farm and Major League Baseball and voting for LISC, you can enter a drawing for World Series tickets. Continue…

"Yard" Work Rewarded in Uptown

News—It took 12 years and 18 layers of financing, but Wilson Yard opens a new era of cooperation in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Continue…

BCA Report

Report: BCA Still Coloring Community Canvases

News—A couple years after its primary funding from The Joyce Foundation ran out, the Building Community Through the Arts program (BCA) continues to help sculpt community development efforts in all three communities. Continue…

Technology-Community Connections

How Can Tech Power Community Development?

News—The world of community development connects only sporadically with the world of information technology. But that doesn’t have to be the case. Continue…

West Haven MetroEdge

MetroEdge Quantifies West Haven Retail Success

News—The report confirmed what the Near West Side Chamber of Commerce and Near West Side CDC already knew — but provided granular data that will be extremely useful in illustrating the potential in their continued development efforts. Continue…

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LISC/Chicago organizes capital and other resources to support initiatives that will stimulate the comprehensive development of healthy, stable neighborhoods and foster their connection to the socioeconomic mainstream of the metropolitan region.

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