by LCD Staff | Jun 15, 2020 | Affordable Housing, CommunityWorks North Dakota, Coronavirus, NeighborWorks America
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, NeighborWorks America recently awarded $4.78 million in emergency flexible grants to 238 network members. Lewis & Clark Development Group, the state’s only NeighborWorks America chartered organization, was among the... 
by LCD Staff | May 6, 2020 | Affordable Housing, Community Development, CommunityWorks North Dakota, Featured Covid-19 News, NeighborWorks America, Staff
Lewis & Clark Development Group Executive Director Brent Ekstrom has been named to the National NeighborWorks Association (NNA) Board of Directors. The Association’s mission is to “unite housing and community development practitioners from across the... 
by LCD Staff | Feb 26, 2020 | Affordable Housing, CommunityWorks North Dakota, Housing, NeighborWorks America, Programs
Earlier this month, NeighborWorks America announced that it awarded more than $74 million in flexible grants to its 239 chartered nonprofit organizations. This fiscal-year (FY) 2020 grant funding (appropriated through the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020)... 
by LCD Staff | Jan 31, 2020 | Affordable Housing, Business Loans, Economic Development, Housing, North Dakota, Programs
Recent proposed changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) have sparked discord among federal regulators and raised serious concerns among community development groups, like Lewis & Clark Development Group, across the country. The CRA enacted in 1977,... 
by LCD Staff | Jan 13, 2020 | Affordable Housing, DREAM Fund, Home Loans, Housing, News & Analysis
(Source: The Washington Post) — They’re here. For years, real estate agents and builders eagerly anticipated the entrance of millennials into the housing market. Millennials, a generation now larger than the baby boomers, were battered by the financial crisis as... 
by LCD Staff | Dec 23, 2019 | Affordable Housing, CommunityWorks North Dakota, Economic Development, Housing, NeighborWorks America, North Dakota
Say “statistics” and you’ll get some powerful reactions. For some, the very word elicits dread, while, for others, it prompts flashbacks to high school and college classes. For many, it makes eyelids heavy. And, when verbalized, it can cause the mind... 