Wednesday, January 30, 2019

GFPB Joins Rural LISC

GFPB, Inc. Announces it has been selected to join the Rural LISC network.
Pine Bluff, Arkansas – January 29, 2019 – Ryan Watley, CEO, announces that Go Forward Pine Bluff (GFPB) has been selected to join the Rural LISC network of partner organizations. Rural LISC is a national program created by Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) a community development support organization working in metropolitan areas across the country, to expand its reach to include rural communities. Currently, Rural LISC partners with 87 rural community-based organizations across 44 states, helping them identify challenges and opportunities, and delivering the most appropriate support to meet local needs.
Rural LISC provides a wide range of services, including training, technical assistance, information, and financial support, to help rural communities address the problems they face. Rural LISC uses their Comprehensive Community Development Strategy to support its partners in expanding investment in housing and real estate, increasing family income and wealth, stimulating economic development, improving access to quality education, and growing healthy environments and lifestyles.
GFPB looks forward to working with Rural LISC and collaborating with the organizations in the network to bring to Pine Bluff best practices, expertise and financial support to continue the work of reimagining Pine Bluff. Rural LISC’s Comprehensive Community Development Strategy will help GFPB to better implement its plan’s recommendations for economic development, education, government and infrastructure, and quality of life.
Contact: Ryan Watley, CEO

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