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Many Rivers Group L.L.C. is conducting an Introductory Homebuyer Workshop in Minneapolis

Buying a home seems more complicated than ever before.  AICDC and the newly formed Many Rivers Group L.L.C., a culturally minded real estate company, are taking the mystery out of buying a home for the American Indian community living in the Twin Cities.  As an educated buyer you are more likely to make good decisions, avoid pitfalls and purchase a home with confidence.  Many Rivers Group L.L.C.

AICDC is announcing the creation of the Many Rivers Group L.L.C., a Culturally Minded Real Estate Company

Homeownership is a long-term financial investment that helps build assets.   It is the primary wealth-building tool for most families.  According to the 2002 Fannie Mae National Housing Survey, most families believe that buying a home has a lot of potential as an investment, and the majority of homeowners say that the value of their homes has increased at least a little since they owned them.  Most families that rent, especially low and moderate-income families sometimes spend ha

AICDC New Home Ownership Opportunities!!!

AICDC, a leader in providing New Home Development for American Indians is presenting...

The AICDC New Home Ownership Program 

The AICDC New Home Ownership program is a unique way to bring homeownership within the reach of American Indian families wanting to live in South Minneapolis.

Dr. Ken McMillan

Sometimes on foot, sometimes on bike, Dr. Ken McMillan, M.D., delivers the most basic of primary care to patients on the streets of Minneapolis.

As director of Medical Services for the Kola Program, which also provides some social services and mental health care, Dr. Ken does everything from patching up wounds, to ordering prescription refills, to treating sore feet, to screening for hypertension and diabetes, to dealing with the consequences of chronic alcoholism and living on the street.

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 is in the process of absorbing seven parcels of land along 22nd Street East, 2121-2119 14th Avenue South and 21st Street East and converting the properties into three seperate lots for three single-family homes. This project will address the problem of a lack of affordable home ownership opportunities in the Ventura Village Neighborhood and provide a much needed development to the area as well. The homes will be located near the impacted Franklin Avenue commercial corridor and LRT station.

Al Bonanno photography of the homeless camps in South Minneapolis

In 2002, former Time Magazine photographer, Al Bonanno went on a visual tour of some of the scattered homeless camps with Dr. Ken McMillan of the Kola Program.  These images emerged form the tours and were created for AICDC to continue expanding homeless awareness.   

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.

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