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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

Board of Directors

Letter from the Board Chair

Hello Community,

            It is my pleasure to greet you for the first time this year, to let everyone know what’s happening at Lighthouse Communities.  As a non-profit development corporation here in Grand Rapids, our mission remains clear – “helping grass-roots non-profit community development groups create affordable housing in their neighborhood for the purpose of stimulating community revitalization.” We are very committed to our community. It’s our goal to have a healthy and beautiful one.

            We are founded on the premise of linking organizations, neighbors and business owners together for a greater community. I am excited about the future direction Lighthouse is heading in. Because we care about our environment we are going green as one of the new directions (more info to come), we’ve come so far from where we started. The staff is excited as well, and is able to meet the expected changes and growth as we leap into the future.

            So, to all the neighbors and friends come join us on our walk into the future, and to Lighthouse – “I see you in the future, and you look much better than you look right now!”

Rev. Bruce A. McCoy

Chairman

Lighthouse Communities Board of Directors

• Board Chair
  Bruce McCoy
• Treasurer
  Valerie Jager
• Secretary
  Terri Scroggins-Briseno
• Member
  Cynthia Deans
• Vice-chair
  James Jones