INVEST YORK ROAD UPDATES - JULY 2023

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 July:

• After an extended process of gathering input from community, working with lawyers and consultants, drafting and revising, the Invest York Road Steering Committee finalized our organizational bylaws. We have also selected a founding board and are moving into the next steps of incorporating IYR's new organization.
• As we move into this next phase of work, the IYR community engagement team has been building out different options for presenting, sharing information, and creating more dialogue with the community about our work and our initial target properties.
• We participated in our first session through the Brookings Institute's Buy Back the Block initiative, which has accelerated our work identifying and evaluating potential properties.
• In order to support ongoing organizational development and operations, we applied for grants from two of our most supportive partners, the Abell Foundation and the Goldseker Foundation.
• Invest York Road was invited to present at the Small Business Anti-Displacement Conference in November.