Hamilton County Community Foundation believes in building a community where opportunity meets growth for everyone. That’s why, as part of our Inclusive Economic Growth community leadership initiative, we partner with those working to solve the affordable housing crisis. In this episode of For Good, we convene civic leaders for a conversation about strategies to provide more affordable, accessible housing throughout Hamilton County.
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Transcription of episode available below.
WHO YOU’RE LISTENING TO
* Tom Kilian, president of Hamilton County Community Foundation
* Mackenzie Poole, community leadership officer at Hamilton County Community Foundation
* Mayor Scott Fadness, City of Fishers
* Mo Merhoff, president of OneZone
* Jennifer Miller, executive director of HAND
DISCOVER MORE
* HAND’s Housing Needs Assessment
* “6 graphics that explain Carmel’s affordable housing crunch” from The Indianapolis Star
* “Retiring baby boomers want to stay in Carmel, but they can’t find places to downsize” from The Indianapolis Star
* “Fishers aims to downsize new homes to meet changing demand” from The Indianapolis Star
You’re listening to For Good, Central Indiana Community Foundation’s podcast highlighting stories about passion, purpose, and progress in Central Indiana. At CICF, we believe in creating a community where everyone can reach their full potential, no matter their place, race or identity. This is our community and these are your stories.
Tom Kilian: Hello and welcome to For Good. I’m Tom Kilian, President of Hamilton County Community Foundation. Almost a year ago, our foundation announced three community leadership initiatives, one of which is inclusive economic growth. So how did we land on this particular initiative? Well, our communities throughout Hamilton County made it clear that they wanted to become economic growth hubs. Economists oftentimes use the term multiple sector growth to analyze the potential of economic boom. In other words, we as communities will struggle to become economic growth hubs if we are unwilling to support multiple sector growth. This not only includes the industries themselves, but the infrastructure to support them. We’re talking about the ability to create a community where everyone, regardless of their place, race or identity, has the ability to live, work, and play in Hamilton County. But as we looked at local data, we saw a persistent gap around things like affordable housing, transportation, post-secondary credentialing and overall connectivity.
Today we’re going to focus on affordable housing. Over the last year,
