Englewood Community Development

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We are grateful for the tenacity and dedication of our Executive Director, Joe Bowling, in the areas of affordable housing, economic development, and comprehensive community development over the past 25 years. Help us congratulate him on this recognition of being a Locke Innovative Leader for 2025!
"Englewood has developed, actively manages, and facilitates critical services to 400 households through its affordable rental housing, while also promoting a range of job creation and economic development strategies. The organization also supports faith communities with a range of resources through the Englewood Review of Books and Cultivating Communities initiative."

🌟 Announcing the 2025 Locke Innovative Leaders Award Recipients 🌟
We’re honored to introduce the 2025 Locke Innovative Leaders, remarkable individuals whose vision, faith, and leadership are transforming their communities:

✔️ Joe Bowling – Englewood Community Development Corporation (Indianapolis, IN)
✔️ Rev. Joshua Hayashi – Mission Management Company (Honolulu, HI)
✔️ Beverly Jenkins – Refuge and Restoration (Dellwood, MO)
✔️ Dr. Aaron Kuecker – Trinity Christian College (Chicago, IL)

These leaders are inspiring change through faith-driven action and innovative thinking.

🌟 Discover more about their impactful work: https://wesleyanimpactpartners.org/locke-leaders

We are thankful this building opened and is now filled with neighbors as the snow covers the ground and temperatures drop. 36 people now have a permanent place to live during these cold months!

Compass on Washington, located at 1133 East Washington Street in Indianapolis, is a 36-unit permanent supportive housing development partnership with Horizon House and Englewood Community Development. This development serves individuals experiencing homelessness.

Compass offers 36 one-bedroom units which are 515 square feet and fully furnished, a community room, kitchen, and office spaces. Horizon House, with Englewood CDC as property management, provides basic needs, mainstream benefits, mental health and recovery support, recreation, independent living skills, and community integration on-site.