Box 6

Proposal to expand on the ESLARP successes and community outreach; specifically to expand planning and program implementation capacity, continue the neighborhood college, establish a neighborhood technical assistance center, and a research project on the best strategies for dealing with depopulating small cities like East St. Louis.

A funding proposal expanding the services of the Neighborhood Technical Assistance Center and citizen organization, economic and housing development.

Planning materials, invitations and contact list, neighborhood SWOT analysis based on interviews with neighborhood residents, development plan outlines for feedback, and other preparatory materials/notes.

Describes current neighborhood conditions and views of local residents; lays out a 5-year strategic plan to stabilize the area, addressing topics such as health and safety interventions, infrastructure improvements, housing, urban design, employment and economic development, crime reduction,, and the recommended implementation of new city-wide and regional policies.

Summary/ abbreviated version of the WIPNIP; WIPNO membership brochures (3); WIPNO resident perceptions survey; WIPNO Home Ownership Information Finance Initiative (HIFI),; attachments pertaining to WIPNO home improvement programs, Woman With Children First housing initiative project narrative

Looks at the prevalence and the advantages/disadvantage of the use of installment land contracts as an instrument used in lieu of traditional mortgages to buy homes in East St. Louis and makes recommendations for future regulation of the installment land contract market