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About Economic Growth Corporation

Economic Growth Corporation (GROWTH) is a community-based 501(c) non-profit development organization dedicated to revitalizing and enhancing the economic vitality and image of low-income communities across the nation in need of jobs, investment, and housing. To accomplish its mission, GROWTH operates through several subsidiaries including Central States Development Partners, Inc., a certified CDE, Growth General Contracting, LLC, Home Base Property Management, LLC, various LLCs for multifamily development, Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO), and is a HUD-approved housing counseling agency that provides homebuyer education and financial literacy. Central States Development Partners, Inc., GROWTH's Community Development Entity, operates nationally, and has secured eight federal allocations of New Market Tax Credits totaling $345 Million, along with multiple state allocations from Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, and Nevada. This financing plays a critical role to support large-scale developments that expand industrial and manufacturing capacity, improve healthcare access, and deliver vital community services in severely and deeply distressed communities. GROWTH's asset and property management subsidiary, Home Base Property Management, LLC, oversees 385 rental housing units and more than 40 commercial spaces in Illinois and Iowa, and plans to expand. Growth General Contracting, LLC, GROWTH's general contracting subsidiary, handles GROWTH's smaller housing and commercial developments, and has been responsible for more than $10.1 million in historic rehabilitation and new construction development. Through its single family rehab programs, GROWTH has impacted over 190 homes, improving aging housing stock and making these homes safer for the homeowners. GROWTH's housing counseling is nearing its 900th homebuyer achieve homeownership and has provided housing counseling services to over 3,660 individuals.