North-Missoula Community Development Corporation

Programs: Land stewardship program - formed in 2000, this program is based on the community land trust model for affordable housing. The program serves low and moderate-income first time home buyers (as determined by hud criteria). Low income homes are built or remodeled and then sold to eligible home buyers. Since 2000 nmcdc has created 47 units of housing in three developments: clark fork commons, whittier court, and burns street commons. Forty two are owned by income qualified households; five were sold at market rate.

the burns street nutrition center. Purchased in 2006 and remodeled in 2010, the building houses the nmcdc office, a co-operatively managed market, a cafe and a commissary kitchen. Nmcdc sponsors a summer childrens feeding and enrichment program and is operating a nutrition education and cooking program for low income neighborhood families. The western montana growers cooperative is operating a distribution hub in the building for local farm products. These programs serve more than 5,000 people annually

missoula outdoor cinema - missoula outdoor cinema brings free or low cost (donations accepted) cinema to the play-field next to the northside's old whittier school, now project head start. The project has provided weekend evening entertainment throughout the summer months since 2003. In 2016, 10 films were shown on a screen hung on the side of whittier school with approximately 2,000 people attendeding during the summer.

hill and homestead preservation coalition. In a cooperative management agreement with the city of missoula, nmcdc focuses on open space, historic and environmental preservation of missoula's north hills, also known as the moon-randolph homestead. The homestead is on the national register of historic places. Various activities at the homestead brought approximately 1,700 visitors to the area in 2015. Westside playground. In 1998 nmcdc raised funds to construct a playground in westside park next to lowell school. In 2015 nmcdc contributed $2,519 to playground maintenance.