Englewood Community Development

Are You Registered for Race For Roofs Yet?

Get entered in the raffle for a $50 gift card when you register for the race by April 12 at midnight!

EnglewoodCDC.com/Race
Early Bird Ends April 15!

Annual Race Fundraiser - Englewood Community Development Corporation Date: May 16, 2026Price: $40 (Early Bird price through April 15, 2026: $30)

ECDC is excited to have Nazje Mansfield join our team as an AmeriCorps VISTA through Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) this year! Read part of Nazje's story here and look for her around the neighborhood!

Meet Nazje Mansfield: Reconnecting, Reimagining, and Rebuilding Community Through LISC AmeriCorps | LISC Indianapolis Nazje Mansfield has always been drawn to service. Growing up in Indianapolis, she saw firsthand the impact AmeriCorps VISTAs had in her schools and her community. Now, as a LISC AmeriCorps member herself, she’s come full circle—returning to her hometown after more than a decade to serve the very...

Registration is open for our 4K/8K - Race for Roofs. Register for only $20 before prices increase on April 21 at 11:59 p.m. Sign up today - all ages welcome! https://runsignup.com/Race/IN/Indianapolis/RaceForRoofs

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

Happy Friday! Looking to purchase a home in 2025? Have a friend or family who’s looking to be a first time homebuyer? Check out these new construction homes on the Near Eastside - spacious homes, great location, and a great price! These will go quickly so act fast!

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.

Englewood CDC is infinitely grateful to all our partners who helped bring this one together. Compass on Washington is a great example of what we can do when we believe and act out the mindset of belonging to one another and putting the good of our neighbors first. Thanks to everyone who attended the ribbon cutting yesterday and helped celebrate this accomplishment!

Horizon House opens permanent supportive housing units on east side On Wednesday, city leaders, Horizon House officials and others celebrated to officially open the doors to the apartments on East Washington Street.

Englewood CDC’s apartment building, Passage, at 50 Shelby Street, is up for a .lisc Love Thy Neighborhood award this year! Located in the Irish Hill neighborhood, Passage is a 38 unit building which are all affordable and a portion of the units are set aside for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. has a Career Center on the first floor offering community serving activities and events for families, residents, and the IDD community. We are so proud to have this great project up for an award - tune in to WISH TV Wednesday, September 11 at 7 pm to learn more!

We are hosting a watch party with Tlaolli for this monumental occasion at Englewood Christian Church - Indianapolis - 57 N Rural Street on Friday, August 30th. Open to anyone who wants to come celebrate with us and our friends at Tlaolli! Details and RSVP available in the link - please be sure to RSVP if you plan to come.

Watch Party: Tlaolli will be on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives! Tlaolli is throwing a watch party to celebrate their episode on the Food Network show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives with Guy Fieri.

Congratulations to our wonderful friends and neighbors at Tlaolli! Make sure you watch this episode of Triple D on August 30th at 9 pm for some familiar faces and delicious bites!