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American Indian Community Development Corporation (AICDC)'s mission is to provide culturally unique initiatives, housing and entrepreneurial programs that will strengthen American Indian Communities.
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Welcome AICDC's New President and CEO!
Michael Goze (Ho-Chunk) has been selected as the new President and CEO of the American Indian Community Development Corporation (AICDC).
AICDC New Home Ownership Opportunities!!!
AICDC, a leader in providing New Home Development for American Indians is presenting...
The AICDC New Home Ownership Program
Noko-Wakiagun (Grandmother's House in the Ojibwe Language)
AICDC is addressing the problem of a lack of affordable elder housing for the greater American Indian community in South Minneapolis. Located on the corner of Franklin Avenue and Columbus Avenue, this development will contain 32 2-bedroom units of affordable housing for elders. American Indian culture is family-based and it is not uncommon to see elders raising grandchildren as both legal guardians and caregivers.
Pokegama South
Pokegama South is a 20-unit development of sustainable four-bedroom homeownership opportunities for American Indian families. The site for these units will be located 13th Avenue South and East 24th Street, between Maynidoowadak Odena (American Indian Aids housing and the Philips Gym (Boys and Girls)). The area is located in a Federal Empowerment Zone and Weed & Seed area, is located ne
Pokegama North
AICDC in collaboration with the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and others proposes to begin addressing this problem of a lack of affordable housing by creating additional homeownership opportunities in the Ventura Village Neighborhood and Phillips Community in Minneapolis. Pokegema (or lake beside a lake in Ojibwe) is a 6-unit cluster development of sustainable four-bedroom homeownership opportunities for American Indian families.
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Home Ownership Opportunities in Minneapolis
AICDC in a development partnership with the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe developed affordable homeownership housing for the Mille Lacs urban members living in the Ventura Village neighborhood of South Minneapolis. Under the initiative the "Self-Sufficiency in Urban Indian Communities Initiative," this project is the first phase of the creation of more affordable homeownership opportunities for American Indian families living in the Ventura Village and Philips communities.
Many Rivers - Niibiwa Siibin
Located on East Franklin Avenue between the Minneapolis Public Library (Franklin Branch) and the Minneapolis American Indian Center, AICDC developed 78 units of affordable housing in two new buildings. Many Rivers buildings feature three floors of housing and one story of commercial space and underground heated parking. The top floor of Many Rivers West is fully subsidized by the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe for its urban members.