Neighborhood Technical Assistance Center (NTAC)
A collaborative
project of the East St. Louis Enterprise Community (EC),
St. Clair County
Intergovernmental Grants Department (IGD) and the
University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Summary
Neighborhood
Organizations assisted – 5
Faith
Based Organizations assisted – 5
Municipal
Agencies assisted – 7
Non-Profit
Organizations assisted – 16
Other
– 2
Introduction
The primary activity of NTAC
during August was the planning of a week-long Grantsmanship Training
Program. This intensive training will
be offered to 26 local organizations the week of September 18th. The training will cost NTAC $15,000 and is
funded through a grant made to New Spirit from the Urban Resources
Partnership. All partnering
organizations will submit an application to determine their commitment to
fundraising. The training will be led
by the Grantsmanship Center in Los Angeles.
The Neighborhood Technical Assistance Center provided technical assistance to the following organizations during August, 2000.
Alta Sita Community Development
Corporation
§
Assisted ASDC with the
implementation of a $30,000 URP grant to revitalize Virginia Park
§
Conducted planning for future
improvements and fundraising for Virginia Park
Alta Sita Neighbors, Inc.
§
Prepared meeting flyers for
August monthly meeting with organization’s members
§
Attended the monthly meeting
of ASNI in August
Bethabaro Non-Profit Corporation -
Brooklyn
§
Advised organization on their
plans to rehab Garrisson School
Bride of Christ Community Outreach
Center
§
Began administration of
$20,000 URP grant to create a playground at 18th and Gay Avenue in
the South End neighborhood
City of East St. Louis – City
Council
§
Attended the City Council
committee meetings during the month of August as part of NTAC’s ongoing effort
to disseminate city information to our neighborhood partners via the
associations’ regular meetings
City of East St. Louis – Planning
Commission
§
Planned and facilitated the
August 23rd meeting of the East St. Louis Planning Commission
§
Assembled downtown parcel
data information
§
Conducted research on zoning
ordinances and comprehensive plans from similarly sized cities
§
Preliminary planning for
training of new Planning Commissioners
City of East St. Louis - Police
Department
§
Facilitated August 28th meeting of alumni
group
Community Awakening Civic
Organization – Washington Park
§
Assisted CACO in planning an
Appreciation Dinner for community volunteers
Community Child Care Center
§
Conducted architectural
programming and research for $29,000 playscape funded by URP
§
Made design presentation to
Community Child Care staff and parents
Community Development Block Grant
Opertions Corporation
§
Disseminated information on
CDBG’s Public Hearing held on 8/30/00
§
Attended Public Hearing and
provided public comment on Year 2001 Action Plan
CORO Midwestern Leadership Center
§
Consulted on budget
development and evaluation tools for CORO’s leadership training programs
Dunham Centers for Arts and
Humanities
§
Continued planning for
installation of irrigation system on the grounds of the Artisinal Village –
project funded by URP
§
Began planning for second
Dunham Ecological Workshop to be held in September or October
East St. Louis Community Action
Network
§ Prepared mailing for August monthly meeting
§ Attended the August monthly meeting of ESL CAN
§ Assisted with administration of Clean Sweep III – ESL CAN’s summer youth employment program funded by the Urban Resources Partnership
East – West Gateway Coordinating
Council
§
Joined EMPACT (funded by EPA) coordination team – will
meet every two weeks for progress reports
Emerson Park
Development Corporation
§ Continued teaching an Introduction to Construction Management course for YouthBuild students every Thursday
§
Attended the August monthly
meeting of EPDC
§
Participated in YouthBuild
consortium meeting
Frank Holten State Park
§
Met with the IL Parks
Department and Massie & Massie Associates to discuss funding for a master
plan development for Frank Holten State Park
Golden Garden, Inc. - Centreville
§ Strategized with GGI for future use of Golden Garden School
Greater St. Louis Empowerment Zone
§ Continued to serve as a “Community Information Center” for the Empowerment Zone
Helping Hands
§
Attend
meeting regarding poverty – mentor initiatives
Higher Level Ministries
§
Responded
to questions from IRS regarding 501c3 application
Housing Authority of East St.
Louis
§
Further
discussed possible collaboration to set-up Geographic Information System for
Housing Authority and train HA staff
§
Met with
Ruby Mister to discuss the “Advancement through Technical Skills” project that
would train high school students in AutoCAD while delivering as-built digital
drawings to the Housing Authority
§
Advised HA
on 501c3 application
Land of LIncoln Legal Assistance
Foundation
§
Prepared a
cost estimate on faulty contractor work for a current lawsuit
Lansdowne Neighborhood
Steering Committee
§
Attended and helped prepare
for the August meeting of the LNSC
Metropolitan Association of
Philanthropy
§
Visited MAP to learn more
about their grantsmanship services so that information could be shared with
community partners
Neighbors United for Progress -
Centreville
§
Administration of URP grant
for a landscaped lot at 43rd and Market
§
Implementation of landscaping
project – in kind labor support
New Beginnings Out Reach
Ministries - Centreville
§
Continued assisting in the
planning of a $20,000 URP proposal to landscape a parcel at 52nd and
Cottenbelt in Centreville
Newberns Bible Institute -
Brooklyn
§
Responded
to questions from IRS regarding 501c3 application
New Spirit Neighborhood Organizing
Office
§
Continued planning for
week-long Grantsmanship Training Program scheduled for September 18 – 22
§
Developed flyers, application
and press releases to advertise Grantsmanship Training Program
§
Selected training site and
handled all logistics
§
Recruited community
participants from 26 different organizations
§
Organized “Funder Day” for
last day of Grantsmanship Training program, September 22nd
Olivette Park Neighborhood
Association
§
Attended the August monthly
meeting of OPNA
§
Accompanied OPNA to meeting
of East St. Louis Library Board to inquire about Library’s future use as a
community center
§
Helped OPNA coordinate their
summer neighborhood barbeque
Pilgrim Green, Inc.
§
Explained
501c3 application process to Pastor Johnson
Project Success
§
Met to discuss possible
collaboration on Time Dollar initiative that would place a real value on
volunteer time
South End New Development Organization
§
Attended the August monthly
meeting of SENDO
§
Helped SENDO coordinate and
advertise their summer neighborhood barbeque
Starship Connection - Washington
Park
§
Provided computer access and
assistance
ST. Louis 2004
§
Made presentation to
Community Leadership Team regarding community development efforts in East St.
Louis
Time Dollar Initiative
§
Met with Reginal Petty to
further discuss development of a Time Dollar program to give value to in-kind
contributions of community residents
Uni-Press Kindercottage
§
Provided grant review for a
proposal to the Enterprise Community
Urban Resources Partnership
§
Participated in Round II
ranking of year 2000 URP proposals and assisted in funding over $200,000 in
urban improvement projects
§
Developed site maps of all
year 2000 URP projects