Neighborhoods and Housing

The Cleveland Foundation takes a holistic approach to neighborhood development, known as Neighborhoods of Choice, that aims to provide residents with options in desirable housing, quality schools, viable employers, and thoughtful retail.

Through a combination of grants and guidance, the foundation is collaborating with businesses, community development groups, nonprofits, academic institutions, and others eager to transform Cleveland’s struggling neighborhoods. 

The foundation is strongly committed to neighborhood revitalization and downtown redevelopment.

• Learn more about our approach.
• Find out about our Greater University Circle revitalization initiative.

India Pierce Lee

Program Director for Neighborhoods, Housing and Community Development

• 216-615-7186
• ilee@clevefdn.org
• Spend "5 Minutes With...India Pierce Lee"

Lillian Kuri

Program Director for Architecture, Urban Design and Sustainable Development

• 216-685-2028
• lkuri@clevefdn.org
• Spend "5 Minutes With...Lillian Kuri"

 
The West Side Market typifies the diverse character of Cleveland's neighborhoods.

Learn more about the Evergreen Cooperatives

This video describes the Evergreen Cooperatives, a series of employee-owned businesses in Cleveland's Greater University Circle area. This video features Evergreen employees discussing how working at the cooperatives has changed their lives. You can also watch a recent episode of "Fault Lines," an international television news magazine that prominently featured the Evergreen model, or check out these pieces by NBC Nightly News and the PBS program "Fixing the Future." 

This April, 2011, report by the Capital Institute provides an in-depth look at the Cooperatives, as does this video from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.

Ted Howard appointed first Minter Fellow

The University of Maryland consultant to the Cleveland Foundation will work to expand the Evergreen Cooperatives. Learn more here.

Lillian Kuri talks urban planning

Watch Lillian Kuri discuss the Cleveland Foundation's urban planning projects as part of the Foundation Center's "Coffee and Conversation with a Grantmaker" series.

Ohio Cooperative Solar

Watch this video to learn more about the new Evergreen cooperative that's aiming to bring solar energy to Greater University Circle institutions and weatherize aging homes in Cleveland neighborhoods.

Greater Circle Living

Find out how employees of Greater University Circle institutions can live near their workplaces through an exciting program.