VISION 2020 PARTNERS IN LANSING

Lansing Vision 2020 Project Coordinator
Ellen Sluka
Habitat AmeriCorps
125 West Main Street
Lansing, MI 48933
Phone: (517) 483-4499
Email: Ellen@nwlhci.org

Northwest Lansing Healthy Communitities Initiative (NWLHCI) develops healthy communities through resident-driven efforts to strengthen individuals, families, and neighborhoods. Based on resident input, NWLHCI programming focuses corridor revitalization, food access, free tax preparation, leadership develoment, community building, community promotion (see www.grandneighborhoods.org), and access to community resources through grassroots outreach.

Ron Whitmore Executive Director
Executive Directo
Northwest Lansing Healthy Communities Initiative
125 West Main Street
Lansing, MI 48933
Phone: (517) 483-4499
E-mail: ron@nwlhci.org
Website: www.nwlhci.org

Greater Lansing Housing Coalition provides affordable housing to people of modest menas and helps in neighborhood revitalization. Since 1995, GLHC has acquired, rehabilitated (or newly constructed) and sold more than 100 single-family homes to income-eligible first time home buyers. The Coalition has 220 apartments and has assisted 185 families in purchasing their first home.

Almus Thorp
Executive Director
Greater Lansing Housing Coalition
1017 West Lapeer
Lansing, MI 48915
Phone: (517) 372-5980
E-mail: info@glhc.org
Website: www.glhc.org

Habitat for Humanity of Lansing is dedicated to eliminating substandard housing and its causes in the Greater Lansing Area. Founded in 1987, they will complete their 60th house in 2005. HFHL works in neighborhoods and primarily builds on vacant lots within the City of Lansing, though five homes have been build in surrounding urban areas. HFHL has two active campus chapters, MSU Habitat and Grand Ledge High School. HFHL builds in partnership with 50-75 churches, businesses, and civic organizations each year with well over 15,000 volunteer hours worked each year.

Denise Paquette
Executive Director
Habitat for Humanity of Lansing
1137 Haco Drive
Lansing, MI 48912
Phone: (517) 374-1313
E-mail: habitatlan@aol.com
Website: www.habitat.org

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) channels grants and loans to community development corporations (CDCs) to develop housing and businesses, perform essential neighborhood services and assemble whole communities from the individual energies of residents, entrepreneurs, volunteers and government agencies. Michigan LISC ensures that resources are channeled to the organizations and projects where they are needed and will produce community assets of lasting value: homes and shops, safe streets and parks, employment programs and duragle institutions that preserve and enhance the local environment.

Jamie Czekai
Program Officer
LISC
1000 South Washington Avenue
Lansing, MI 48910
Phone: (517) 372-0991
E-mail: jczekai@lisc.org
Website: www.lisc.org

Westside Neighborhood Association (WNA) seeks to address the issues and concerns of Westside Neighborhood residents; to bring neighbors together to support, enhance, and maintain the Westside's unique qualities as an area that values diversity among its residents; to support excellence in its schools; to improve the quality of life for all residents; and to celebrate the beauty and diversity of its people, housing, parks, and byways.

Carol Skillings
Vice President
E-mail: skillings@mindspring.com

Mayor's Community Government Response Team (MCGRT) was created by Lansing City Mayor Tony Benavides in order to embrace and address the challenges of creating and fostering an atmosphere that will define Lansing neighborhoods as clean, safe, and family-friendly. The MCGRT's mission is to identify, establish, and tailor programs and services that will improve the quality of life and support families in Lansing neighborhoods. Since its inception in 2003, the MCGRT has partnered with numerous residents, neighborhood groups, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, as well as other agencies to improve Lansing neighborhoods.

Mayor Tony Benavides
City of Lansing
124 West Michigan Avenue
Lansing, MI 48906
Website: http://mayor.cityoflansingmi.com/