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🌟 Don’t Miss Out! 🌟 📢 Ready to level up your skills in small-scale development? Join Indianapolis LISC and Incremental Development Alliance for a one-day workshop on Dec. 12! This unique workshop offers practical insights into project management, financial modeling, and zoning considerations for small-scale real estate development. ✅ Gain a comprehensive overview of the real estate landscape. ✅ Learn actionable strategies for navigating the industry. ✅ Perfect for professionals across public, private, and non-profit sectors. 🔗 Register today and take the next step in shaping thriving communities! https://lnkd.in/gFVTY4hR 📅 Seats are limited, so don’t wait—secure your spot now! #SmallScaleDevelopment #ProfessionalGrowth #CommunityImpact

This #GivingTuesday, your gift fuels neighborhood growth! 🌟 With your support, LISC Indianapolis empowers local organizations, preserves affordable housing, and strengthens essential community pillars like schools and health clinics. Every $1 donated attracts $3 more to build vibrant, thriving neighborhoods. Together, we can connect residents to housing, education, job training, and more. 💙 Give today and spark lasting change: https://ow.ly/E7qK50UjYEP #CommunityDriven #IndyNeighborhoods

Sam Yadav, along with his wife Vanita, founded Quest Safety Products, Inc, a company that manufactures and distributes personal protective equipment to major pharmaceutical and life sciences corporations across the country. As Quest’s CEO, Yadav has demonstrated a strong commitment to job creation and investment in the ethnically diverse, under-resourced community just east of Indianapolis’s airport, where the company recently built a new 58,000-square-foot headquarters and warehouse. The Abbott-LISC Initiative to Support Diverse Businesses in Health provided $250,000 in growth capital to help fuel Quest’s expansion. Yadav's dedication goes beyond job creation, extending support for his workers and the broader community. Read more about his inspiring story and the motivation behind his efforts: https://lnkd.in/eQ_6bv4H LISC Indianapolis

Sam Yadav, along with his wife Vanita, founded Quest Safety Products, Inc a company that manufactures and distributes personal protective equipment to major pharmaceutical and life sciences corporations across the country. As Quest’s CEO, Yadav has demonstrated a strong commitment to job creation and investment in the ethnically diverse, under-resourced community just east of Indianapolis’ airport, where the company recently built a new 58,000-square-foot headquarters and warehouse. The Abbott- Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Initiative to Support Diverse Businesses in Health provided $250,000 in growth capital to help fuel Quest’s expansion. Yadav's dedication goes beyond job creation, extending support for his workers and the broader community. Read more about his inspiring story and the motivation behind his efforts: https://lnkd.in/gcACxcG9

LISC Indianapolis and Incremental Development Alliance are hosting a Small-Scale Development Workshop, a comprehensive event focused on teaching participants the essentials of small-scale real estate development, with a special focus on project formation and neighborhood-based development. Attendees learn about evaluating project potential, understanding the financial dynamics of buildings, and navigating the professional ecosystem in the real estate development space. Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024 |  9 AM - 5 PM  |  Englewood CDC The workshop aims to empower small developers with skills to create projects that enhance neighborhoods while building community wealth and includes: - Incremental Approach: Building wealth through steady, small improvements and strong neighborhood ties. - Business Models & Skill Sets: Defining project types, structure, and required skills and partnerships. - Right-Sizing Projects: Aligning projects with zoning, financing tools, and building codes to manage costs and risks. - Building Arts 101: Gaining fundamentals in architecture, urban design, and planning to create community value. - Market Research & Site Selection: Analyzing locations to ensure property values align with development goals. - Zoning Basics: Learning regulatory guidelines to shape project design. - Project Pro formas: Using financial templates to understand project profitability. - Hands-on Activities: Applying knowledge to real-world scenarios through site planning and financial exercises. - Financing & Buying Property: Crafting financial pitches, securing loans, and mastering due diligence in property acquisition. Registration Early Bird Registration Rate ($150) - open until November 22, 2024. Regular Registration Rate ($170) - open until December 6, 2024. Last Minute Registration Rate ($190) - open if space is available. https://lnkd.in/gFVTY4hR Scholarships are available for Indiana locals.  The Scholarship application window closes on November 22, 2024. --> https://lnkd.in/giMxR_PK

MacKenzie Scott and her organization, Yield Giving, are setting a new LISC record! Scott has generously gifted our #CDFI $65 million in unrestricted funding, which will enable LISC and our local partners to be more innovative, creative, and sustainable in our community work + impact nationwide. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eB-ftHAf This contribution builds on a $40 million gift from Scott in 2020, which LISC used to seed programs that narrow gaps in health, wealth and opportunity, particularly for communities of color. We are grateful for the continued partnership!

Register to join Verizon Digital Ready and share your story for a chance to earn a trip to Super Bowl LIX and a $25,000 grant! Three Digital Ready superfans will be chosen as grantees to take part in a special small business event during February’s Super Bowl LIX Week and attend the big game. Grantees will also receive a $25,000 grant from Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Learn more! https://lnkd.in/gBdvEAEG

Do you want to learn more about how you can become a small real estate developer for a project in your neighborhood? Are you an advocate or local leader looking to encourage better buildings in your community? Then register for the free 'Talk on the Small Scale Development Movement' on Oct. 24 at P30. Appetizers and networking at 4 pm, followed by lecture and Q & A from 5 - 6:30 pm. Presented by LISC Indianapolis and Incremental Development Alliance. Learn more and register by visiting https://ow.ly/hUyf50TJEmj

The winner of the 2024 LISC Indianapolis Love Thy Neighborhood People's Choice Award and a $5,000 grant is... New Hope of Indiana

By now you've seen all 12 stories of our Love Thy Neighborhood Award finalists; it's now up to you to vote for your favorite. The winner will receive an unrestricted $5,000 grant from LISC Indianapolis. To vote, go to https://lnkd.in/gAtMifqA where you can vote on who you believe should receive the $5000 grant. Voting is open through Tuesday, Sept. 17 at midnight. We'll announce the winner on Daybreak on WISH-TV on Thursday, Sept. 19. One vote per email per day.