TK Gregg Community Center
Northside Development Group has been consciously crafting redevelopment plans that allow everyone who wants to remain in the Northside Community of Spartanburg, SC living and thriving there. As part of the group’s efforts to revitalize and enhance the Northside neighborhood, the City of Spartanburg committed to building a state-of-the-art community center in hopes that it will become a hub for community building. SCCLF partnered with The Innovate Fund on this transaction, who provided a $10MM allocation. The investor was Capital One.
Fairy Fresh Foods
Through her plant-based meal preparation business, Fairy Fresh Foods, Shaquille Fontenot prepares fresh and nutritious meals that she defines as healing. She believes that food is one of the key elements to uplifting and supporting communities that are systemically disadvantaged and started Fairy Fresh Foods to combat the effect food insecurity has on communities of color.
Bluewater Horizons
Nearly one third of South Carolinians are cost burdened by their homes, meaning they spend over 30% of their income on housing costs. Low to moderate-income residents in the coastal region of the state are particularly vulnerable to the shortage of affordable housing. Often the only options for low-income renters are homes in desperate need of upgrading, much like the Rebecca Street properties Bluewater Horizons sought to purchase.
Community First Land Trust
Community First Land Trust is a women-led nonprofit committed to bringing much-needed affordable housing to communities in Charleston.
Pete’s Mobile Auto & Truck Repairs
An older repair shop in Columbia’s Percival Road community has remained an eyesore to residents after falling into disrepair and shuttering its doors over a year ago. The closing of this facility left the community without a full service automotive repair shop.
Dillon Adult Daycare
A bright red for sale signs sits in front of the building that served as home for Mary Johns’ business, Dillon Adult Daycare, for the past 19 years.
Bloom Behavioral Therapy
Therapy offered Madeline Hawkins a sense of stability during a difficult period in her childhood. The gentle care she received from a therapist in her youth guided Madeline’s decision to open her own healing practice in Greenville, South Carolina.
Town of Hollywood
Hollywood, South Carolina is a small town in Charleston County. The town’s government offices are located in a small facility the community has been renting for many years. In order to serve better serve the town’s growing population, Hollywood’s local government knew they needed to build a modern facility that could meet their needs.
Lowcountry Produce Market & Café
When Campbell Thorpe and Noel and Dwight Garrett decided to open a market and café serving their homemade food products in an underserved part of Beaufort, no bank would give them a loan. With help from $110,000 in financing from the South Carolina Community Loan Fund, they now employ 37 people at their Lowcountry Produce Market and Café and provide healthy food to the urban core of Beaufort.
Lowcountry Veterans Home
On any given night, a homeless veteran can find themselves seeking out safe shelter in unconventional risky places.