CCWBE Report

Organization:
Chicago Community Loan Fund
Reporting Period:
May 2024
Submitted on:
June 11, 2024
Submitted By:
David Feinberg

TA Providers: General Questions

CWB Goals

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

During May, there was additional recruitment of another prospective land trust in Austin; there was also continued conversation with Grounded Solutions and another consultant to further engage the COLT Federation members.

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

One of our key consultants is undergoing a management and leadership transition, so training initially scheduled for May that we are bringing to our COLT Federation members is being postponed until June.

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

We built new relationships with new leadership at Grounded Solutions as well as initiated a discussion with a nascent CLT forming in Austin.

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.

Austin Coming Together and new Grounded Solutions leadership

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

Yes

Which TA provider(s) did you work with?

UIC; UHAB; TRP

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

Residential Co-op phase 2 grantees

Did you attend the Working Group meeting last month?

Yes

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

5 extremely useful

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Demographic Data

Community Area(s) (select all that apply)

Community Area Participants Served in this Community Area
Austin 2
Woodlawn 2
Riverdale 2
Humboldt Park 2
Logan Square 2
Englewood 2
Uptown 2

 

Race / Ethnicity of Participants (select all that apply)

Black
Latinx
White

 

Gender identity of Participants (select all that apply)

Male
Female
Unknown

 

Age Range of Participants (select all that apply)

25 to 34
35 to 49
50 to 64
Over 65

 

Community Land Trusts Work

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

1

 

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

0

 

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

2

 

How many hours of support to existing Community Land Trusts did you provide this reporting period?

2

 

Please list the CLTs you worked with this reporting period.

BIG! Blacks in Green
Englewood Community Land Trust
Here to Stay Community Land Trust
Dovie Thurman Affordable Housing Trust
Riverdale Community Land Trust
Turning Red Lines Green - North Lawndale
First Community Land Trust of Chicago

 

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

 

Number of AFFORDABLE housing units preserved or developed this period

0

 

Number of AFFORDABLE housing units added to the pipeline this period

0

 

Did you provide education to any CLTs this reporting period?

Yes

 

How many hours of cohort education/training did you provide last month?

2

 

How many hours of popular education/outreach did you provide last month?

0

 

Number of curriculum material(s) created last month

0

 

How did you market your services and conduct outreach in the last reporting period? Select all that apply.

Word-of-mouth marketing

 

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

Access to their phase 2 grant dollars

 

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

Pre-development financing; strategic planning; and staff capacity

 

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

 

Please upload media (document with testimonials, photos, or video links) from CLT 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