The revitalized Whittier School now provides a modern, high-quality learning environment for up to 700 middle school students in Allegheny West. By expanding capacity from 360 students, KIPP Philadelphia addresses significant demand for accessible, college-preparatory education in an underserved neighborhood. The school’s open enrollment lottery ensures equitable access for families citywide.

KIPP Philadelphia primarily serves economically and educationally disadvantaged students, with 86% qualifying for the Federal Meals Program and 24% receiving special education assistance. The student body reflects the surrounding community, with 98% identifying as African American or Hispanic. The project also created new green spaces and public access areas, strengthening connections between the school and its neighbors.

The project received an impressive level of community support through the development process and a variety of public funding designed for economic and residential expansion. The development team received letters of support from both Mayor Jasiel Correia II and the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development.

In addition to below-market-rate leases, the larger, revitalized space will allow the commercial tenants to expand their programming to support more community members. Groundwork will provide affordable membership rates to an estimated 400 annual users and host job training programs as part of its partnership with the MassHire Bristol Workforce Investment Board.

Additionally, it will support Entrepreneurship for All (“E for All”), a year-long small business incubation program that will provide 30 entrepreneurs a year—predominantly women, minorities, and immigrants— with the opportunity to move their businesses forward.

The larger space and new theater will enable both the Spectrum Empowerment Project and YMTC to greatly develop and expand their

community programming. With a dedicated theater at their disposal, YMTC plans to add 4 additional performances to their annual calendar, growing their audience to 800 people annually. Additionally, the new location’s proximity to the Fall River District Court will allow Spectrum’s Employ Workforce Integration program, which provides job training for adults on the spectrum, to develop a new Paralegal Assistant program. The project will also create affordable housing for practicing artists (those earning 60% AMI or less), who typically have been pioneers in creating vibrancy in blighted neighborhoods. The project is a significant part of the city’s “Downtown Urban Renewal Plan.” In 2007, the city created an Arts Overlay District to promote the expansion of art and culture, encourage art uses, and enhance the vitality of the central business district by fostering a mix of housing and art-related uses. This project will be the “mix of housing and art-related uses,” which has been so elusive to the community.

The revitalization of the historic building will create an estimated 126 quality construction jobs, 72% of which are accessible to underserved individuals. Once complete, the building’s tenants will create an estimated 46 permanent jobs.

The massive revitalization efforts of the 12-acre west campus will ultimately create and support approximately 2,000 accessible construction-related jobs, a majority of which will be union and pay a living wage. Once complete, the variety of commercial tenants will help grow and attract new and existing businesses to the area and support over 1,500 permanent jobs.

The first phase of Electric Works – West Campus – is expected to generate nearly $300 million in economic impact to the local region. When the West Campus opens in 2022, it is estimated to generate almost $400 million in annual economic impact.

One of the largest healthcare providers in Indiana will operate the primary care clinic and pharmacy providing services to 15,000 patients annually for the medically underserved population, of which

at least 3,000 Medicaid patients annually. Fort Wayne STEAM high school, a new sciences-oriented community school, will utilize 26,000 square feet to prepare over 300 low-income students for both college and the workforce.

The project will also provide space for the relocation of two local non-profit farmers’ markets to expand the number of vendors and the number of market days.

Do It Best Headquarters, the anchor tenant, is a member-owned hardware, lumber, and building materials cooperative. The space at the project will allow Do It Best to retain 432 quality jobs in Fort Wayne and expand operations creating an additional 88 quality jobs. Approximately 25% of Do It Best jobs are accessible by requiring no more than a high-school diploma or equivalent.

The revitalization of the Uptown community has been a focus of the City of Memphis since 2000 when the first HOPE VI grants were awarded to several projects located only a few blocks from the warehouse. However, due in part to the economic recession in the late 2000s, the community remains severely distressed and underinvested.

In 2018, the city engaged stakeholders to help create the Memphis Uptown Community Plan, with goals that included creating neighborhoods with a mix of incomes and ages, protecting affordability for long-term residents, and promoting the development of vibrant community anchors. The American Snuff Factory is identified as a key catalyst for these plans, through its creation of mixed-income housing and by providing commercial space that is compatible with the surrounding neighborhood and offers employment opportunities for area residents. The revitalization of the historic warehouse will

create anestimated 148 construction jobs, all of which will pay a living wage or higher. Many of these positions will be union eligible, readily available to people who face job barriers, and will be open to members of the surrounding community. A minimum of 25% of the construction contracts will be awarded to minority- and women-owned business enterprises.

NTCIC’s New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) investment will allow the revitalized residential space to include at least 31 units that will be income and rent-restricted to community members earning 80% or below the area median income. It will also support reduced rental rates for the Varsity Spirit, which in turn will enable them to add 50 additional jobs and provide additional training opportunities for new and existing employees.

The historic Illinois Alcohol Company Building revitalization will support an estimated 190 construction jobs, nearly all of which will pay a living wage or higher. Once complete, the expanded West Side Bazaar will create and retain 42 accessible jobs and support 60% more businesses annually, growing from 12 tenant spaces to 23 tenant spaces annually.

The larger community spaces will provide access to hard-to-find food and other items important to immigrant cultures to an estimated 120,000 customers annually. Over a five-year period, the Bazaar can be expected to add nearly $34 million to the regional economy, with less than 30% attributed to one-time construction expenditures.

As the new homes for PHMC and CHOP, the Provident Health campus created over 150,000 square feet of direct healthcare space with specialized facilities dedicated to pediatric care. PHMC provides direct case management services to over 850 each year in their new facilities. The revitalized space also houses their Turning Points for Children program, which provides child welfare, family strengthening

and behavioral health services to more than 10,000 individuals each year. By moving to a larger space, CHOP was able to expand its pediatric outpatient behavioral health services, with over 35% of patients qualifying as low-income. The project supports over 1,100 jobs, 450 of which were newly created as a result of the revitalization effort.

The Huntington is a community-centered theatre with strong, proactive goals to expand community participation and inclusion. Once renovated, it intends to increase its annual performances from 150 to 180 at the conclusion of the historic theatre restoration. This increase will also allow for expansion and staff increases in the Huntington’s education, community, and workforce development programs, including an increase to the Huntington Community Membership Initiative (HCMI), a program designed to reduce economic barriers to attending live theatre for those with limited

income. By partnering with 245+ organizations in local neighborhoods, the program provides more than 3,400 low-income patrons with affordable tickets to the best available seats, a multi-departmental theatre apprenticeship program, career pathways partnership program, and award-winning youth arts education initiatives. This project will increase the program’s overall capabilities by 40%. It will also allow for an additional 1,087 youth to be served through one of three annual spoken word programs hosted by Huntington Theatre.

The Findlay Parkside project in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood is creating new and highly desired affordable housing and small business support for entrepreneurs through historic preservation.

The development generated 160 construction and permanent full-time equivalent (FTE) positions, a vast majority of which will pay a living wage or higher and be accessible to those with barriers to entering the workforce.

The Findlay Parkside project will create 51 apartments, with more than 50% of the available housing designated as affordable. The continued development and creation of commercial space surrounding the historic Findlay Market will create new opportunities for existing businesses to grow. A fresh food fulfillment center operated by the Corporation for Findlay Market will connect to and source food from the nearby Findlay Market, expanding access to fresh foods for the community.