Leo and Alpine
Leo and Alpine (Leo & Al) is a mixed-income, mixed-use development located in the West Grand Neighborhood in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The development is partnership between Third Coast Development, LLC and PK Development, LLC and was supported by Michigan Community Capital with a construction and permanent loan in 2018. The project involved demolition and clean-up […]
Haven
This project, made possible through a $10,065,000 NMTC allocation and a total investment of $10,271,997, has transformed a vision of safety and support into reality. The development includes dedicated office space for a domestic violence nonprofit, ensuring essential advocacy, counseling, and support services are accessible to those in need. Additionally, 16 housing units have been […]
The Broadway Lofts
The Broadway Lofts project marks the largest new development in 40 years in downtown Mt. Pleasant. The mixed-use development on a former brownfield site was announced in 2019 and started construction in May of 2020. Although impacts of COVID-19 created delays and hurdles for the build, residents were able to begin moving into the building […]
Andy’s Place: Opioid Recovery and Healing Through Housing
In 2020 alone, 2,684 Michiganders died from opioid-related overdoses – more than any year prior, with a 14 percent increase over 2019. A new initiative launched in the state sees a solution in permanent supportive recovery housing. Through a unique partnership between recovery advocates, Michigan’s drug courts, and housing leaders, the innovative model known as […]
Marygrove Early Education Center (MEEC)
In 2015, an extensive analysis of Detroit’s early childhood education system found that only 21,000 licensed childcare slots were available to serve nearly 44,000 Detroit children aged birth to five, leaving a gap of 23,000 licensed child care slots. “The MEEC will create extraordinary opportunities for Detroit families. A child’s early years lay the foundation […]
Mott Community College Culinary Arts Institute
Looking to address high levels of unemployment and a poverty rate of 40% in Flint, MI, Mott Community College’s (MCC) Culinary Arts Institute sought to double its enrollment, thereby providing local residents much-needed career opportunities. The question they faced was, how to keep tuition affordable while raising the funding needed to build a bigger facility? […]
Historic Webster School Renovation
This organization’s principals fully immersed themselves in the center of this once-forgotten and impoverished neighborhood. Before any improvement efforts were begun, they physically took up permanent residence in the heart of the area. They engaged neighbors without judgment, bias, or preconceived notions. They asked questions and actively listened to the residents about what was important […]
Allen Neighborhood Center
Michigan Community Capital, with other mission-driven partners, supported the redevelopment and expansion of the Allen Neighborhood Center (ANC) in 2020. The full project, including the new development of Allen Place apartments, redeveloped an existing, two-story building into a three-story mixed-use development consisting of affordable housing units, community-based health care services, a culinary training school, and […]