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CA30 Stories

Youth Orchestra of LA (YOLA) @ Inglewood
FInancing for Los Angeles Philharmonic's Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (“YOLA”) program to rehabilitate and transform an existing 18,000 sq. ft. commercial building into a music education facility and community center for low-income youth from Inglewood and the City of Los Angeles. The project is located in the civic core of Downtown Inglewood in proximity to schools and along major public transit routes, which makes it accessible to youth living in other nearby areas of LA County. + The OD project is the acquisition and renovation of an existing 18,000 sq. ft. building into a new 25,000 sq. ft. music education venue for low-income youth from Inglewood and the City of Los Angeles. The project will serve 500 youth, ages 6-18, annually. It will become he HUB for YOLA’s programming for underprivileged youth across the region where students get free classical music instruction, free musical instruments and after school homework help.
The Actors Fund – Hollywood Arts Collective
The project rehabilitated an existing 18,350 sq. ft. building along Hollywood Boulevard into below-market space for nonprofits supporting the region's arts community, including a career center, space for support services, gallery and performances spaces, and offices for nonprofit arts organizations. The project is part of a larger mixed-use site which has units at different affordability components.
One Santa Fe
This project entailed the new construction of the commercial component of One Santa Fe, a mixed-use, transit-oriented development in the Arts District, a low-income community within Downtown Los Angeles. The project comprises 77,000 sq. ft. of commercial space supporting 438 rental residential units. The commercial component created 293 permanent jobs, 51% of which was held for low- to moderate-income individuals. It also generated 358 construction jobs. The project promotes sustainable growth in Los Angeles. Additionally, the project brings a grocery store and convenience retail to a low-income community that is under served in these areas.
Union Rescue Mission
Funding was used for the construction of a new 74,866 sq. ft. facility with LEED silver certification located at 13200 Avalon Blvd in Los Angeles, CA. The project will provide social services as well as transitional housing to homeless families. At completion, the center will create 33 new staff positions as well as a variety of services such as: housing assistance for up to 50 families, on-site daycare, health and dental clinics, as well as employment opportunities.

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