1957 University Circle Development Foundation established to improve the University Circle area. Reorganized in 1970 as University Circle Inc. (UCI)

1966 Hough race riot.

1967 Hough Area Development Corporation (HADC) started with Federal OEO funding.

1968 Glenville riots (July 23, 1968) with widespread arsons and looting.

1969 Document outlines mission of the Catholic Commission on Community Action
(February 12, 1969) Direction of the commission set by Auxiliary Bishop William Cosgrove, Harry Fagan, and
Fr. Dan Reidy. Project Interface: First project of the Commission, did research on red-lining. Dan Reidy was the Director

Early 1970's Famicos begins renovating housing in Hough with rehab lease-purchase model developed by Sister Henrietta and Bob Wolf

1970 Buckeye Area Development Corporation
(Begins housing development in 1989 and becomes CHN member)

1973 Buckeye Woodland Community Council formed.

1973 Detroit Shoreway Association formed as an umbrella organization of blockclubs. In 1981 becomes the Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization.

1975 February, Founding Congress of Buckeye Woodland Community Congress (BWCC)
Founding organizers: Tom Gannon and Greg Groves. BWCC formed with assistance from Catholic Commission on Community Action.

1975 Active Clevelanders Together (ACT). City-wide community organizing membership organization founded.

1975 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) passed.

1976-79 After the establishment of Buckeye-Woodland Community Congress, Catholic Commission staff help to establish: St. Clair Superior Coalition (Incorporated, 1976) and received first Gund Foundation grant for community organizations in December 1976), Citizens to Bring Broadway Back, Collinwood Community Congress, Near West Neighbors in Action, the Union-Miles Community Coalition (Sept. 1979)

1977 -1979 Kucinich Administration

1977 Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) passed that requires banks to provide credit in the communities in which they are located.

1977 Ohio City Block Club Association. 1979 convention changed name and mission: became Near West Neighbors in Action

1976 -1978 Commercial/Business Development Corporations: Flats Oxbow Association (1976); Friends of Shaker Square (1976); Clark Metro Development Corporation (l977); Glenville Development Corporation established (1978, incorporated in 1981)

1978 Citizens to Bring Broadway Back (CBBB). First Convention October 1978

1978 First citywide Neighborhoods Conference at St. Philip Neri in St. Clair Superior neighborhood. Kucinich administration members attended and warned groups about being to aggressive.

1978 Default: December 15 the City of Cleveland was in default when it was unable to repay $14 million in loans owed to 6 local banks. Cleveland became the first major city since the Depression to default on its financial obligations. City finances under state supervision until Nov. 1980.

1979 Center for Neighborhood Development established at College of Urban Affairs, CSU to assist neighborhood-based development organizations

1979-1983 Housing Development Corporations founded

Tremont West Development Corporation (1979), Union Miles Development Corp (1980), Broadway Area Housing Coalition (BAHC) (1982), Nearwest Housing Corporation, CoHab (St. Clair Superior neighborhood) Nolesco Housing Corporation (Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood).

1980 Housing Court Division of Cleveland Municipal Court established.

1981 Cleveland Housing Network (CHN) founded by 6 CDCs

The founding members were: Broadway Area Housing Coalition (1982), Collinwood Community Services Center, Famicos Foundation, Glenville Development Corp, Mt. Pleasant NOW Development Corp, Ohio City Near West Side Housing Corp, Tremont West Development Corp, and Union Miles Development Corporation. (Cleveland Housing Network Annual Report, 1991.)

1982 Cleveland Neighborhood Development Corporation (CNDC) founded as the trade association of CDCs to assist in lobbying for continued funding of the Storefront Renovation Program and to advocate for policies and programs to support CDCs.

1982 LISC (Local Initiative Support Corporation) begins local operations in Cleveland to support CDCs

1982 Midtown Corridor: In January 1982, Midtown business leaders convened an ad-hoc committee to examine an "appropriate role for business and institutions in revitalization efforts" for the East 30th to East 82nd component of the Dual Hub which lead to the MidTown feasibility study and development of organization. Renamed Midtown Cleveland in 2000.

1986 Cleveland Housing Partnership Equity Fund founded to support CHN low-income housing development to raise equity from local corporations and financial institutions for housing development projects as provided under the National Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program. Provided funding for the CHN Lease Purchase program.

1986 Westside Industrial Retention and Expansion Network (founded by Detroit Shoreway, Cudell Improvement and Stockyards Area Development Association) to retain local industries and link neighborhood residents to jobs.

1986 Cleveland Neighborhood Partnership Program (CNPP) established at Cleveland Tomorrow to provide operating support for selected CDCs. CNPP later incorporated into Neighborhood Progress Inc.

1987 Collinwood Village Development Corp. established.

1988 Enterprise Foundation establishes office in Cleveland to assist with developing housing for low-income residents

1988 Neighborhood Progress Inc. (NPI) established as an intermediary to coordinate funding of CDCs and assist CDCs to develop larger projects. NPI developed the Quantum Leap program to provide organizational development assistance and training for staff and boards of CDCs.

1989 CHN Family Development Program (case management to assist residents), and Homeward Program, a housing rehabilitation and sale program begin.

1991 City of Cleveland Housing Trust Fund (4.4 million) established.

1993 Amistad Development Corporation established in Southeast side of Cleveland

1994 First class of Neighborhood Leadership Cleveland

1994 Ohio City Near West Development Corporation (merger between Ohio City Development Corporation and Near West Housing Corporation

1994 Westown Development Corporation established on Southwest side of Cleveland