JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced $3.5 million for a collaborative of Milwaukee-based economic development organizations to help fuel economic development in underserved communities—including revitalizing commercial strips, spurring entrepreneurship for people of color, and creating jobs within the MKEUnited footprint.

The Milwaukee Awards for Neighborhood Development Innovation or MANDIs is celebrating 20 years of recognizing excellence in community development.

Award is part of $150,000 in new grants for basketball courts nationwide.

Beth Haskovec joins LISC with over 15 years of community and economic development and nonprofit management experience. Beth is committed to public service and community development initiatives with special expertise in utilizing the arts for revitalization.

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Milwaukee seeks applications from community development corporations (CDCs) to increase their human, financial and technical resources, enabling them to increase the scale and complexity of their housing production, to expand into new areas of economic development and to deepen resident’s power and capacity for change.

Nominations for 19th annual MANDIs will be accepted through October 25, 2017, at www.mandiawards.org.

The Milwaukee Awards for Neighborhood Development Innovation (known as the MANDIs) recognize individuals, organizations and projects that enrich Milwaukee neighborhoods.  Nominations for 19th annual MANDIs will be accepted through October 20, 2017, at www.mandiawards.org.