Alongside our community of partners and stakeholders, LISC Greater Cincinnati created a new strategic plan to guide us through 2028. This plan builds on our mission: with residents and partners, we help forge resilient and inclusive communities of opportunity across America – great places to live, work, visit, do business and raise families.

LISC Greater Cincinnati invests in locally driven priorities and place-based organizations to drive shared prosperity for our region and its residents. We prioritize asset-based, cross-cutting solutions to address the interconnected challenges our communities face.

How do we do it? Some highlights from 2023 include:

• Invest: We proudly provided more than $10 million in loan financing, with a total investment of $11,478,295 million including grants and capital. This lending activity includes support of critical developments like The Model Group’s $28.4 million Findlay Parkside project, bringing new apartments and commercial space to 12 historic buildings on Vine Street.
• Connect: Through the Housing Our Future webinar series, over 550 participants engaged in a variety of timely topics including mixed-income housing, state and local housing policy, and critical updates to the Roadmap for Increasing Black Homeownership.
• Innovate: We are building a suite of products designed to preserve homeownership in Hamiton County, specifically oriented to support low- and moderate-income households. These products are set to launch in 2024.

Our audacious goal is to invest more than $25 million in loans, grants, and technical assistance, leveraging more than $75 million to increase affordable housing, improve economic conditions, provide small business development, and support community capacity building over the next five years.

We cannot do this alone. Thank you to our critical network of funders and investors, community development partners, and public sector leaders who bring their best to our region.

Together, we can.

Kristen Baker Executive Director