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3CDC
Community
Impact
Initiatives Updated October 2024
This portal outlines 3CDC's community impact initiatives, highlighting seven areas where the organization is working to create positive change in the communities it serves.

Affordable Housing

Since its inception, one of 3CDC's primary goals has been to create diverse, mixed-income communities. Explore how 3CDC has spent the past several years working with the community partners to advance a comprehensive strategy to increase the number of high-quality affordable housing units in OTR.

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Supportive Housing

The Homeless to Homes Plan was a transformative initiative to help the homeless move back into housing. See how 3CDC worked with partners to develop brand new comprehensive residential service-based facilities for the homeless.

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Programming and Civic Spaces

3CDC is dedicated to hosting inclusive programming at the Civic Spaces the organization manages and programs. 3CDC hosts more than 1,500 free family-friendly events each year.

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Inclusion in Contracting

3CDC places a strong emphasis on meaningful inclusion in its projects and developing relationships with black-owned and woman-owned construction companies.

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Hiring Practices and Staff Development

3CDC is dedicated to hiring a diverse staff and offering new opportunities to individuals that might otherwise struggle to find employment due to previous challenges in their personal lives.

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Social Services Outreach

GeneroCity 513 is an initiative aimed at helping individuals who have been driven to panhandling, including those facing unfortunate circumstances like homelessness, addiction and mental illness.

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Inclusive Commercial Leasing

Since late 2018, 3CDC has been very intentional about working toward increasing the number of black-owned businesses, particularly in OTR storefronts, with the goal of ultimately making the neighborhood the most diverse business district in the country.

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