Community Development Corporations (CDCs)

Founded in 1990, Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Incorporated (BBC) is a non-profit neighborhood development organization focused on empowering Cleveland citizens and revitalizing the blighted, underserved Central, Kinsman, and Garden Valley neighborhoods.  To do so, BBC is engaged in a range of initiatives including housing and commercial development, streetscape improvements, youth recreation and education, community security, healthy food access, social enterprise (such as the Bridgeport Café), business development services, and homeownership and financial education workshops and counseling.

Local Initiatives Support Coalition, Virginia mobilizes corporate, government, and philanthropic support to provide Richmond community development organizations with loans and grants as well as technical and management assistance. It has helped develop homes, child care facilities, and senior housing throughout Richmond, in neighborhoods like the Old South District, the Fan, Church Hill, Barton Heights, and Bensley. Most notable of its contributions to Richmond, the organization helped to negotiate disputes among community development practitioners involved in Richmond’s Neighborhoods in Bloom initiative in 1999. 

In operation for more than 25 years, Southside Community Development & Housing Corporation has constructed more than 300 units of affordable housing units (all to green building standards) throughout the Richmond metropolitan area. The nonprofit provides foreclosure prevention counseling, pre- and post-home purchase counseling, homebuyer education, and financial literacy training. It also administers Virginia’s Down Payment Assistance program and the Virginia Individual Development Accounts Matched Savings program, which helps individuals save for a down payment on a home, business equipment, or post-secondary education.