CCWBE Report

Organization:
TREND Community Development Corporation
Reporting Period:
Feb 2024
Submitted on:
February 27, 2024
Submitted By:
Emma Roberts

TA Providers: General Questions

CWB Goals

Please provide a brief update on your progress toward your proposed CWB goals in the last reporting period:

In February 2024, TREND CDC advanced the inclusive ownership of Roseland project by: • Forming the TREND Roseland Medical Center LLC to serve as the investment vehicle for community members • Engaging an external firm to audit the TREND Roseland Medical Center LLC (required to launch the public offering) • Completing the financial analysis for the project including community investor return analysis • Nearly completing SEC-required paperwork to launch the offering • Completing the community investor video • Creating a Community Engagement and Outreach Standard Operating Procedure document • Creating a PR and media strategy to get the word out about the investment opportunity TREND CDC and TREND advanced the Roseland Medical Center case study by: • Engaging the Brookings Institute to support the development of the case study

What constraints or limitations, if any, did you experience in the last reporting period?

The process of preparing the inclusive ownership offering is arduous and staff capacity is limited.

What opportunities, if any, did you take advantage of in the last reporting period?

N/A

Chicago CWB Ecosystem

Did you establish new CWB relationships/partnerships in the last reporting period?

Yes

Please describe the relationships you established pertaining to your CWB work.

Brookings Institute will likely support the development of the Roseland Medical Center inclusive ownership cases study given their expertise and interest on this subject.

Did you collaborate with other TA providers in the last reporting period?

No

Which TA provider(s) did you work with?

Please share on behalf of whom / which projects you collaborated with the TA providers above:

Did you attend the Working Group meeting last month?

No

How would you rate the usefulness of the working group to your project last month? (on a scale of 1-5)

5 extremely useful

Optional Space

Demographic Data

Community Area(s) (select all that apply)

Community Area Participants Served in this Community Area
N/A - no participants served 0

 

Race / Ethnicity of Participants (select all that apply)

Other

 

Other Race/Ethnicity (please specify)

0

 

Gender identity of Participants (select all that apply)

Unknown

 

Age Range of Participants (select all that apply)

Unknown

 

Community Investment Vehicles Work

How many sessions of one-on-one consulting to Community Investment Vehicles (CIVs) did you conduct this reporting period? (e.g. one group or individual with one training provider)?

0

 

How many group workshops for Community Investment Vehicles (CIVs) did you conduct this reporting period? (e.g. convenings, workshops, events, etc.) 

0

 

How many hours of support to CWB Pre-Development Community Investment Vehicles did you provide this reporting period?

0

 

How many hours of support to existing Community Investment Vehicles did you provide this reporting period?

0

 

How many co-op businesses did you develop last reporting period? (It's okay if the answer is 0)

0

 

How many total owners / founders were there in these businesses?

0

 

How many jobs were created overall last reporting period? (It's okay if the answer is 0)

0

 

Please list the Community Investment Vehicles you worked with this reporting period.

Other

 

Other organization (please specify):

N/A

 

What type(s) of Technical Assistance did you provide to Community Investment Vehicles this reporting period? Select all that apply.

 

Did you provide education to any Community Investment Vehicles this reporting period?

No

 

What are the greatest needs that your Community Investment Vehicle clients/partners expressed in this reporting period?

N/A

 

What are the greatest gaps in service or resources in Chicago's CWB ecosystem?

N/A

 

Please share any direct testimonials from Community Investment Vehicle clients or storytelling about the impact of your work this period:

 

Please upload media (document with testimonials, photos, or video links) from Community Investment Vehicle workshops or events held.

 

Additional TA Support

Did your organization provide any additional TA support this reporting period that was NOT covered in the previous tabs?

No