Thread by @GreaterOhio

Today’s #GOPCThread discusses #The614forLinden & the success the 11+ member collaborative has had in implementing @ColumbusGov‘s #OneLinden Plan. GOPC has been helping evaluate its impacts in the neighborhood over 3 years. Check out our report from Year 2: bit.ly/3HObbWo

#The614forLinden, led by @OCCHstrong’s Ohio Capital Finance Corporation, received a $5M grant from @jpmorgan’s PRO Neighborhoods competition in 2019. Its other CDFI partners include Affordable Housing Trust for Columbus & Franklin County, @FinanceFund, & @ECDIoh #GOPCThread

#The614forLinden represents a holistic approach to revitalizing Linden. Its partners also include @nationwidekids, Healthy Homes, @CommShelterBd, @4AllPeople4, @AffordHouse_OH, @SSCH1919, Community of Caring Development Foundation, & other neighborhood orgs #GOPCThread

#The614forLinden explicitly seeks to address the following 4 of the #OneLinden Plan’s big ideas: 1) Stabilize & Expand Housing Options, 2) Develop Business & Support Entrepreneurs, 3) Build Community Investment, and 4) Support Resident Health. #GOPCThread ourlinden.com

In its first 2 years, #The614forLinden exceeded several goals & overcame implementation hurdles, like COVID-19 making it hard to distribute info; slowing down loans, development, & programs; & causing an increased # of residents in crisis & need for services #GOPCThread

Since 2019, #The614forLinden has created a ≈$20M fund pool for affordable housing in Linden, which has supported Columbus MHA’s Rosewind Estates, @HomeportOH’s Mulby Place & Kenlawn Place, & Healthy Homes rental properties—projects representing $79.6M+ in investment #GOPCThread

#The614forLinden’s fund pool helped create/preserve 444 affordable housing units in Linden to date. The collaborative, through its partner @CommShelterBd, also stabilized ≈304 Linden residents at risk of homelessness through rental assistance & counseling #GOPCThread

Since 2019, #The614forLinden, through its partner @ECDIoh, helped 100 small business clients w/650+ hours of technical assistance & closed on 14 loans for 11 small businesses (located in Linden, owned by a Linden resident, or both), which created/retained 55 jobs #GOPCThread

.@FinanceFund, on behalf of #The614forLinden, conducted a feasibility study & 31 convos to help establish a grocery & address food insecurity. #The614forLinden also granted @4AllPeople4 $25K for staff managing the Linden Market’s construction #GOPCThread bit.ly/3uLX0gD

#The614forLinden continuously provides wraparound health services for Linden residents, like @nationwidekids’s health education programming in Linden-based schools, parenting support, vaccine distribution, education, wellness checkups, & other preventive healthcare #GOPCThread

During COVID-19, #The614forLinden nimbly reallocated $70K to support @SSCH1919 & Community of Caring Development Foundation in purchasing fresh food & refrigeration equipment for their food pantries & providing emergency rent & utility assistance for Linden residents #GOPCThread

In Year 3, #The614forLinden plans for more impacts: @FinanceFund is finalizing agreements w/a small, Black-owned grocer coming to Linden; OCFC committed to fund 30 more Healthy Homes units; & @ECDIoh is ramping up community outreach to close more small business loans #GOPCThread

Check out this awesome documentary on Linden & revitalization taking place released by @nationwidekids. A Beloved Community: A Healthier Linden first debuted virtually to the community before playing at the 2022 @sundancefest #The614forLinden #GOPCThread bit.ly/3rSvFI2

Check back on Thursdays for more #GOPCThreads. Until then, learn more about #The614forLinden & its progress towards implementing 4 of the big ideas in @ColumbusGov‘s #OneLinden Plan at: the614forlinden.org