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Local News

Lighthouse Communities and Urban Pizza
Uptown Incubator, Urban Pizza to open April 1.
Madison Square Business Incubator
Madison Square business incubator has community backing for $1.7m project.
Flips Foreclosed Homes
Lighthouse Communities has several homes throughout Kent County that they are revitalizing. The positive investment and development of these properties will likely stabilize property values of the entire block, bringing vitality and prosperity to our communities.
Bringing in NSP funds to address foreclosures and blight in southeast Grand Rapids
Garfield Park and Madison Square neighborhood will benefit from an $820,000 investment in NSP funds allocated by the State of Michigan. Watch the video online.
Countrywide Settlement Funds allocated to housing agencies
Lighthouse Communities and other local housing agencies will receive funds to continue to stabilize the neighborhoods hardest hit by foreclosures in Grand Rapids.
Fighting foreclosures with Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds
Read about the effects of foreclosure in our communities and how Lighthouse will help tackle this issue through the NSP program by making improvements to foreclosed properties and returning them to homeownership.
Madison Square business district
Madison Square business district another step closer to becoming Grand Rapids' second CID

From the years 2002-2010, Lighthouse is projected to help make 700 homes and apartments lead safe.

- Lighthouse Communities' 5th Anniversary Report, page 8

Leadership Academy

Leadership and Capacity Building Training

The goal of the Leadership and Capacity Building training is to increase the leadership skills and capacity of residents, leaders and community groups to enable them to become more active in their neighborhoods. The training is an ongoing capacity building effort to nurture community leaders, sustain the social networks in our community, foster a sense of neighborliness throughout Southtown, and provide participants with opportunities to grow and succeed.

The Leadership and Capacity Building Training is offered ongoing throughout the year and free of charge to participants. This training covers the fundamentals of all the topics included in this curriculum.

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