Welcome to our web site! You will find information here about the LISC MetroEdge program, what we offer to LISC programs, local governments, their investment and program partners and other clients around the country. Stories and examples from our work are provided.
January 12, 2011
Media—Regional and National Chain Stores Help Transform Urban Commercial Districts
October 15, 2010
Projects—Retail profiles for each of Chicago's 77 community areas provide vital information to support current businesses and guide new investment.
Heidi Reijm, July 1, 2010
Projects—When La Casa de Don Pedro identified Newark's Lower Broadway as a target for commercial revitalization, merchants suspected the group was sticking its nose where it didn’t belong. But they… Continue
April 30, 2009
Projects—MetroEdge identifies strategies for building the retail and service markets in a diverse Chicago neighborhood.
By Heidi Reijm, June 18, 2010
Projects—Trolley tours along Fulton Street and powerful statistics about buying power – $600 million per square mile – are helping change perceptions of the Bedford Stuyvesant retail corridors… Continue