Place Matters
Place Matters is an initiative focused in communities with great opportunities and assets. Professionally staffed lead organizations bring together partners and resources to creatively respond to community priorities and to improve the quality of life in communities in a holistic and comprehensive way. Place Matters lead organizations share information, they convene community members, and they rally resources and partners to solve problems. The networks and social connections supported through Place Matters have proven more important than ever as communities recover from the pandemic crisis. Especially during times of economic hardship and uncertainty, these connections and the support they provide for individuals and families is what will help people deal with the crisis and its impacts.
In 2022, Place Matters lead organizations leveraged nearly $148 million dollars in investments throughout seven Greater Cincinnati communities. Our collective work is empowering people, transforming places, supporting economic opportunity, and driving systemic change in the West End, Walnut Hills, Avondale, Newport, Madisonville, Covington, and Price Hill.
Place Matters Community Profiles Read the profiles here.
Place Matters 2021 Highlights Read the report here.
Place Matters 2020 Year-End Report Read the report here.
Place Matters 10-Year Retrospective Read the report here.
LISC Greater Cincinnati brought SafeGrowth Training to Cincinnati to help cultivate skills to create crime resistant communities and partnership with law enforcement and the public sector in three neighborhoods: Avondale, Price Hill, and the West End.
We facilitate a variety of peer networks and trainings to help bolster community organizations’ strength.
Our Creative Placemaking initiative invests in neighborhood arts and culture infrastructure to strengthen communities and create local opportunities for commerce, employment and cultural expression.
LISC’s approach to improving health in underserved places is holistic: we promote affordable, green housing, safety, good education, job opportunities and financial stability—all of which factor into the health and wellbeing of a community.
