LISC is expanding its office space in downtown to make room for more interns.
Detroit's chapter of LISC, which stands for Local Initiatives Support Corp, has expanded into a new space in the First National Building that is about one third larger than its old space to make elbow room for the nonprofit's staff and another two interns.
The idea is that getting more younger people involved in the nonprofit will also help create future employees or at least more younger people with a foot in the door for a job locally.
LISC got its start in Detroit with two people in 1990. It grew to a staff of 12 by 2001. In 2005 it changed its business model to become a more comprehensive community development organization. That means it focuses on everything from land use, economic development and brick-and-mortar development. It's currently focusing on a handful of neighborhoods that have similar boundaries to the NEXT Detroit initiative.
"We really need to build a lot of things in these communities so they can thrive," says Jacqueline Burau, development officer with LISC.
Source: Jacqueline Burau, development officer with LISC
Writer: Jon Zemke
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