This week, we provide an update on a thread we first shared last year about the 614 for Linden program and the efforts to implement the One Linden Plan in the Columbus neighborhood.

Not on Twitter? The thread is available online, as well as below.

Greater Ohio Policy Center Read on Twitter

Today’s #GOPCThread discusses #The614forLinden & the success the 11+ member collaborative has had in implementing @ColumbusGov‘s #OneLinden Plan. GOPC has been helping evaluate its impacts in the neighborhood over 3 years. Check out our report from Year 2

#The614forLinden, led by @OCCHstrong’s Ohio Capital Finance Corporation, received a $5M grant from @jpmorgan’s PRO Neighborhoods competition in 2019. Its other CDFI partners include Affordable Housing Trust for Columbus & Franklin County, @FinanceFund, & @ECDIoh #GOPCThread

#The614forLinden represents a holistic approach to revitalizing Linden. Its partners also include .@nationwidekids, Healthy Homes, @CommShelterBd, @4AllPeople4, @AffordHouse_OH, @SSCH1919, Community of Caring Development Foundation, & other neighborhood orgs #GOPCThread

#The614forLinden explicitly seeks to address the following 4 of the #OneLinden Plan’s big ideas: 1) Stabilize & Expand Housing Options, 2) Develop Business & Support Entrepreneurs, 3) Build Community Investment, and 4) Support Resident Health. #GOPCThread

In its first 2 years, #The614forLinden exceeded several goals & overcame implementation hurdles, like COVID-19 making it hard to distribute info; slowing down loans, development, & programs; & causing an increased # of residents in crisis & need for services #GOPCThread

Since 2019, #The614forLinden has created a ≈$20M fund pool for affordable housing in Linden, which has supported Columbus MHA’s Rosewind Estates, .@HomeportOH’s Mulby Place & Kenlawn Place, & Healthy Homes rental properties—projects representing $79.6M+ in investment #GOPCThread

#The614forLinden’s fund pool helped create/preserve 444 affordable housing units in Linden to date. The collaborative, through its partner @CommShelterBd, also stabilized ≈304 Linden residents at risk of homelessness through rental assistance & counseling #GOPCThread

Since 2019, #The614forLinden, through its partner @ECDIoh, helped 100 small business clients w/650+ hours of technical assistance & closed on 14 loans for 11 small businesses (located in Linden, owned by a Linden resident, or both), which created/retained 55 jobs #GOPCThread

.@FinanceFund, on behalf of #The614forLinden, conducted a feasibility study & 31 convos to help establish a grocery & address food insecurity. #The614forLinden also granted @4AllPeople4 $25K for staff managing the Linden Market’s construction #GOPCThread

#The614forLinden continuously provides wraparound health services for Linden residents, like @nationwidekids’s health education programming in Linden-based schools, parenting support, vaccine distribution, education, wellness checkups, & other preventive healthcare #GOPCThread

During COVID-19, #The614forLinden nimbly reallocated $70K to support @SSCH1919 & Community of Caring Development Foundation in purchasing fresh food & refrigeration equipment for their food pantries & providing emergency rent & utility assistance for Linden residents #GOPCThread

In Year 3, #The614forLinden plans for more impacts: @FinanceFund is finalizing agreements w/a small, Black-owned grocer coming to Linden; OCFC committed to fund 30 more Healthy Homes units; & @ECDIoh is ramping up community outreach to close more small business loans #GOPCThread

Check out this awesome documentary on Linden & revitalization taking place released by @nationwidekids. A Beloved Community: A Healthier Linden first debuted virtually to the community before playing at the 2022 @sundancefest #The614forLinden #GOPCThread

Check back on Thursdays for more #GOPCThreads. Until then, learn more about #The614forLinden & its progress towards implementing 4 of the big ideas in @ColumbusGov‘s #OneLinden Plan online