by Bobby Forcellina | Sep 29, 2026 | Climate Resilience, Uncategorized
Brenda Sanchez grew up watching her grandfather build. He was a rough carpenter who worked across Southern California in the 1960s and ‘70s, often in communities where, as she put it, people like them weren’t welcomed. He went on to buy property and build for himself....
by Eric Wong | Sep 1, 2026 | Climate Resilience, Uncategorized
By Tunua Thrash-Ntuk I recently traveled to Syracuse, NY, and Baltimore, MD to meet with economic development leaders and introduce The Center’s Contractors Accelerator for Climate Resilience. We’re looking at how the program can support contractors in markets where...
by Eric Wong | Sep 1, 2026 | Climate Resilience, Uncategorized
Three Main Street Goes Green Accelerator graduates share how they’re building stronger businesses. For a small business, resilience can mean lowering operating costs, preparing for an emergency, investing in a physical space, or having the right people to turn to when...
by Eric Wong | Aug 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
Earlier this month, LA Más announced that in partnership with Self-Help Ventures Fund it had secured more than $8 million in financing for the Drew Street affordable housing preservation project, making the 31-home project possible. Just days later came another...
by Eric Wong | Jul 28, 2026 | Climate Resilience, Uncategorized
After watching family members manage diabetes and celiac disease, Keshia Mills saw how difficult it was to find sweets they could safely enjoy. Many products marketed as sugar-free still used ingredients that her family preferred to avoid. So she decided to make her...
by Eric Wong | Jun 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
Through its new FORGE LA initiative, The Center by Lendistry is bringing together CDFIs, researchers, policy advocates, and funders to identify what communities need to recover after disaster. In Altadena, recovery has been uneven. Where more than 2,000 homes were...
