NEIGHBORHOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOP CORP

What they do

NEDCO COLLABORATIVELY BUILDS HUMAN CAPITAL ASSETS to STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOODS and BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP and GOVERNANCE. NEDCO is COMMITTED to PROJECTS THAT STRENGTHEN LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS and THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN WHICH THEY LIVE and WORK. IT HAS IMPROVED THE ECONOMIC WELL-BEING of INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, and NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH AN ARRAY of PROGRAMS SPANNING HOMEOWNERSHIP EDUCATION, HOME BUILDING, PRESERVATION of HISTORIC PROPERTIES, and FACILITATING SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. SUSTAINING A LIVABLE COMMUNITY THROUGH NURTURING COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP and GOVERNANCE, and EMPLOYING COMMUNITY DESIGN PROCESSES HAS ESTABLISHED NEDCO AS A LEADER and INNOVATOR IN COMMUNITY BASED DEVELOPMENT. THE ORGANIZATION WAS FIRST FOUNDED to SERVE THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD AREA of LANE COUNTY, OREGON. THE ORGANIZATION HAS SINCE EXPANDED ITS SERVICE AREA to INCLUDE ALL of LANE COUNTY, THE MID-WILLAMETTE VALLEY, and CLACKAMAS COUNTY. NEDCO is OREGONS FIRST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.