Flourish
Our most ambitious campaign ever
FLOURISH AT HOME — FLOURISH THROUGH WORK — FLOURISH IN COMMUNITY
FLOURISH
What a joy it is to see others FLOURISH, especially to see brothers and sisters flourishing again in cities just as the Lord intends. It’s in cities where His beautiful image shows up in people of backgrounds, cultures and stories as diverse as His Kingdom to come. Watch to see how we believe God will bring more flourishing to Cleveland city neighbors and neighborhoods through your support over the next five years!
Work for the well-being of the city where I have sent you to and pray to the Lord for this. For if it is well with the city you live in, it will be well with you.
Jeremiah 29:7
Flourish At Home
A house is more than a place to live; it is a place to build a life and create a home. Houses created by BHITC will offer safe, affordable, stable housing that empowers tenants to thrive.
INTRODUCING THE HOMES AT HOPE COMMONS
Two 14-unit campuses constructed on adjacent empty lots on West 56th and 61st Streets in Stockyards.
Multi-family units in a village design will integrate families in need of supportive rent with their neighbors in home-like settings.
BHITC staff will provide tenant care and support to pursue family goals.
Infill construction on existing housing lots restores cohesion to streets where properties were razed due to neglect.
OUR GOAL:
Create affordable, supportive homes for families in Stockyards. Contribute to erasing blight and tangibly restore hope to city neighborhoods.
INVESTMENT NEEDED:
$4,800,0000
CAMPAIGN RESULTS:
Build 28 new affordable homes for families where BHITC also provides life and vocational support. Families moving forward with their goals thanks to a stable place to call home and BHITC’s in-home care and support.
Flourish Through Work
Expanding social efforts allows us to offer employment, dignity and opportunity to our neighbors.
OUR GOAL:
Give opportunity, dignity and employment to our neighbors by expanding social enterprise ventures; equip small business entrepreneurs with coaching, learning and support to help them succeed.
INVESTMENT NEEDED:
$1,200,000
CAMPAIGN RESULTS:
Common Threads opens its third store in Clark-Fulton and Stockyards and includes a workforce development program for young adults and neighborhood youth.
Community and Business Incubation Lab at the new Common Threads provides support to residents starting small businesses.
Expansion support for Peripeti Home to become an employer of refugee women.
A new social enterprise opens through The Hope Center, creating employment for refugees as talented and motivated workplace leaders.
Flourish In Community
Communities where all people are valued and understood helps generate creativity and resilience.
OUR GOAL:
Deepening BHITC’s capacity to reach refugees, immigrants and residents of Clark-Fulton and Stockyards with the love of God, unleashing their capacity to thrive.
INVESTMENT NEEDED:
$1,000,000
INVESTED AS FOLLOWS:
$550,000 for The Hope Center facility renovations and added programs.
$450,000 for expanded programming in Clark-Fulton and Stockyards, as well as developing faith leaders citywide.
As of October 2024, we have already raised $5.6 million
of the $6.5 million goal for the Flourish campaign