Thank you to our allies at the URA for your support!

A $20,000 grant from the URA will support the planning and implementation of the Neighborhood Allies Real Estate Empowerment Series (Series). The series is an augmented approach to community leadership investment and neighborhood revitalization through sustained technical assistance delivery, coaching/mentorship, and cross neighborhood linkage.

The program will focus on community based organizations in burgeoning markets that are on the verge of experiencing rapid outside investment. Neighborhood Allies will leverage the existing REAL Network, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and other partners to staff coaching positions and create ongoing mentor/mentee relationships between members of the Network and program participants. Participants will be CBO leaders with varying levels of exposure to the real estate discipline. The Series will include 3 months of instruction specifically geared toward the participants’ projects. Each session will be a learning circle/workshop environment with the assistance of technical experts, where the fundamentals learned become immediately applicable to the participants’ day-to-day leadership activities. The goal of the program is to create effective community building partnerships by decreasing the technical proficiency gap of community based organizations, and increasing opportunities to build meaningful relationships with the private sector.

Thank you for your support, URA!