On a monthly basis, we post a high-level summary of work that has happened with Invest York Road (IYR) over the course of the previous month so community members can stay informed about the progress being made.

Here are updates for the month of April:

• One of our longest tenured funders, the Abell Foundation, awarded an operating grant to IYR for fiscal year 2025. Abell has been an exceptional partner in this work and a great collaborator. We are grateful for their ongoing support.
  
• Our community engagement team continued to show up at events in and around York Road, including at the York Road Colorwave Fest.
  
• Efforts to finalize the acquisition of IYR's first property are ongoing. Sign up for IYR's email list to get all the latest news on that front.
  

On a monthly basis, we post a high-level summary of work that has happened with Invest York Road (IYR) over the course of the previous month so community members can stay informed about the progress being made.

Here are updates for the month of March:

• We continued our work to finalize the purchase of our first property, at 5723 York Road. See our newsletter post on the subject here.
  
• As we move that process forward, we are also in negotiations with a prospective tenant for the space, which we will be announcing soon.
  
• IYR has also been planning its community investment campaign, that will allow community members to purchase shares in IYR's real estate portfolio. Stay tuned for details on that coming soon.
  
• Additionally, our team has been hard at work writing grants, building out internal systems, and marshaling the resources to prepare for the property redevelopment project, investment campaign, and all of the other work that lies ahead this year.

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On a monthly basis, we post a high-level summary of work that has happened with Invest York Road (IYR) over the course of the previous month so community members can stay informed about the progress being made.

Here are updates for the month of February:

• IYR continues the process of closing on the purchase of its first property. Several large grant applications were also submitted this month as a part of our ongoing capital raise for the renovation of the property.
  
• IYR welcomed two new interns into the fold. These new additions to the team are focusing on our stakeholder mapping work and elevating our social media.
• We had another great month of financial education classes, with excellent attendance and participation. If you haven't taken our free community financial education classes, go here to learn more and register!

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Hot off the presses! See the February issue of the Invest York Road newsletter here.

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Invest York Road has launched a monthly email newsletter as a part of its overall efforts to inform the community about its work and progress.

See the first installment of the newsletter here.

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On a monthly basis, we post a high-level summary of work that has happened with Invest York Road (IYR) over the course of the previous month so community members can stay informed about the progress being made.

Here are updates for the month of January:

• IYR launched an email newsletter as a new channel for communicating with the community about its work. If you want to receive monthly updates and exciting news about our progress, sign up here.
  
• We concluded our latest collaboration with Johns Hopkins University's CityLab students, who uncovered insights about local demographics, potential investor audiences, and storytelling and community engagement opportunities.
  
• A new intern joined us to support our stakeholder mapping project, which is documenting community leaders, organizations, and others who are invested in - and impacted by - IYR's work.
  

On a monthly basis, we post a high-level summary of work that has happened with Invest York Road (IYR) over the course of the previous month so that community members can stay informed about the progress being made.

December closed out an enormously productive year for Invest York Road, as we continued to lay the groundwork for more huge leaps forward in 2025. We are expecting to close on the acquisition of our first property early in the coming year, while also conducting our first community investment campaign. Success on both of these fronts will mean an increase in local business activity along the York Road corridor, the restoration of a building in much need of repair, and an opportunity for local residents to be partial owners of a commercial real estate property in their neighborhood.

IYR could not have come this far without the dedication and passion of local community members and a great team moving this work forward, and we look forward to elevating and revitalizing York Road with you in 2025!

On a monthly basis, we post a high-level summary of work that has happened with Invest York Road (IYR) over the course of the previous month so that community members can stay informed about the progress being made.

Here are updates for the month of November:

• IYR hosted a successful "snack-and-chat" event at the local HEX Superette that had wonderful turn out and engagement from neighbors and other community stakeholders interested in learning more about Invest York Road.
• We engaged another great group of students from the CityLab program at Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business to help with research and engagement work in the corridor.
• Our ongoing administrative build out continues as we prepare to manage both a community investment campaign and our first property redevelopment project in the new year.