Redeveloping communities need to offer residents an environment
that enhances their health, enjoyment and overall sense of wellbeing.
This includes everything from tree-shaded walkways and
safe playing fields to community clinics and environmentally sound
design. This goal complements the other four as LISC works with its
partners to create communities that are good places to live, work
and raise a family.
- LISC's Green Development Center provides financial resources, technical information, partnership opportunities, and education to LISC programs and the community development field to support the use of green design, construction, and management principles in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.
- LISC's Community Safety Initiative (CSI) builds long-term partnerships among law enforcement, developers, and other key parties in troubled communities to reduce persistent crime, disorder and fear. In neighborhoods as diverse as Brooklyn's East New York, Seattle's Chinatown-International district, and Kansas City's east side, CSI has been the catalyst for physical improvements and strategies that have reduced crime, increased public confidence and attracted new businesses.
- The NFL Grassroots Program, a partnership between LISC and the National Football League's Youth Football Fund, provides grants and technical assistance for the creation or redevelopment of community football fields.
