HomeMy WebLinkAboutDepartment of Community Investment 2016 Annual Report 2016 Annual Report from the Department of Community InvestmeFVled in Clerk's Office
MAY 17 2017
1) Safe Community for Everyone KAREEMAH FOWLER
• Supported Police Patrols in neighborhoods with 56,230 residents CITY CLERK,SOUTH BEND,IN
• Supported Homeless Services in 5 shelters—serving over 1200 individuals anct c en(Ails
Ministries/YSB/CFTH/LTC/YWCA)
• Supported Tenant Based Rental Assistance for 17 mentally ill residents
• 37 Owner Occupied Rehabs to address failing/poor items as well as items allowing elderly to remain
in their homes
• Support of Permanent Supportive Housing 32 unit development(FUSE)
2) Robust, Well-Planned Infrastructure
• Major completion of downtown two way conversion
• East Jefferson Complete Street restriping
3) Strong Inclusive Economy
• Cultivated an economic environment conducive to private investment($261M in 2016)
• Creating a vibrant residential downtown(nearly 300 residential units downtown plus an additional
400 at ESC II)
• Developing downtown residential exactly in line and on pace with market study
• Announced over 300 jobs (additional 125 if you count early 2017)
• Focused assistance to medium and small sized businesses
• Spent nearly$500,000 on workforce development focused on training and placing workers
• Relinquishing responsibilities that shouldn't be on the City i.e. selling Blackthorn and other vacant
City owned commercial land/properties
• Support of Bridges ERN - Employer Resource Navigator position to assist with retention; partners
are 3 local businesses and Community Foundation; 220 unique employees served addressing 427
service issues; 100%retention rate
• 7 Phase 1 Brownfields assessments
4) Thriving Public Spaces and Culture
• Riverfront Parks and Trails planning process including $5 million dollars in Regional Cities Funds
• Creation of TIF strategy focused on funding quality of life/VPA projects long term
5) Vibrant, Welcoming Neighborhoods
• 188 Properties removed from Vacant and Abandon(V&A) List
• 3 formerly V&A properties rehabbed with 3 new homeowners (who invested $11,152.20 in total
(20%private investment) based on a$10,000 grant/property)through partner UEA
• 13 new low/mod homeowners supported through CHC homeownership subsidies; leveraged with
over$1 M in private mortgage financing
• 4 properties acquired,rehabbed and sold to low/mod families
• 8 Fagade grants totaling $187,000 in matching funds.
6) All Residents Empowered with Education, Mobility, and Technology
• 290 Counseled: 188 Mortgage delinquency, 85 Pre-Purchase and 17 Post Purchase
• 75 Mortgage Delinquency cases closed; 56 maintained residency through Counseling (REMINDER
—Counseling staff facilitate a process with decisions made by other parties/programs i.e. courts)
2016 Annual Report from the Department of Community Investment
• Support of Neighborhood Resources Connection(NRC) specifically training to 2 neighborhood
areas: Far Northwest (FNW) and Southeast Organized Area Residents (SOAR)who received
individual leadership academies respectively in 2016.
7) Well-Governed and Administered City
• Effectively carried out all operations with gaps in staff
• Award winning administrative staff
• Meeting Expenditure and Obligation requirements for Federal Funds
• Effective,Responsive Leadership and Communication
• Closure of South Side Development Area#3 once bond paid off-