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LISC Jacksonville CEO Irvin "Pedro" Cohen returned to his alma mater, Raines High, to announce the creation of a $5 million fund that will spur homeownership in six historically underresourced neighborhoods in Jacksonville. He called it one of the highlights of his professional career. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
June 12, 2025

Jax nonprofits put $5M toward increasing homeownership

United Way will allocate $4 million, while LISC Jacksonville will provide another $1 million to developers to build homes in…

By Will Brown

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Jacksonville, seen here in the mid-1950s, has a higher-than-average rate of heirs' property. | State Archives of Florida/Johnson
May 16, 2025

Northeast Florida nonprofits get grants to address ‘heirs property’

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta allocated $5.9 million to 21 organizations in seven states to address heirs property.…

By Will Brown

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Ameris Bank Director of Community Lending, Clyde Anderson, left, greets LISC Jacksonville Executive Director Irvin "PeDro" Cohen during a reception Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Ameris awarded LISC Jacksonville $50,000 for its Project Boots program. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
September 27, 2024

Nonprofits boost homeownership through Ameris redlining settlement

LISC Jacksonville and LIFT Jax are using a settlement with Ameris Bank to help foster homeownership in predominantly Black neighborhoods.…

By Will Brown

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Annie Mae Daniels has lived in her North Riverside home for more than 60 years. Her grandson, Zarian, lives with her. Funding from the North Riverside CDC Home Repair Program widened the doorways and allowed the home to be more wheelchair accessible. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
April 9, 2023

North Riverside program reviving neighborhood one home at a time

A $1.2 million program is aimed at helping North Riverside residents improve their home values in a predominantly Black neighborhood…

By Will Brown

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Suzanne Pickett is the president and CEO of the Historic Eastside Community Development Corporation. She grew up Out East and returned to the neighborhood six years ago. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
August 31, 2022

Eastside gearing up for renaissance on its terms

Bobby Graham doesn’t trust the city of Jacksonville. The lifelong Eastside resident has seen too many promises go unfulfilled to…

By Will Brown

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The City of Jacksonville provided $1 million for LISC Jacksonville to allocate through its Small Business Equity Fund grant program. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
June 6, 2022

Jacksonville’s Small Business Equity Fund is stimulus for overlooked companies

Dara Davis started All Construction Group, a company she operates out of her home on Jacksonville’s Northside, in March of…

By Will Brown

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