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A Home for the Brave: LCF Invests in Second Italian Seniors' Project Building
A Home for the Brave: LCF Invests in Second Italian Seniors' Project Building

Residenza Italia, built and run by the Italian Seniors’ Project (ISP), is a seniors’ apartment building that has been operating for 8 years. In addition to the affordable rent it offers its tenants, Residenza Italia was designed to foster a sense of community and to alleviate the loneliness that often comes later in life.

“Anybody can build a square block, fill it with people and close the door,” says Claudio De Vincenzo, Italian Seniors Project board member. “We’re trying to build communities.”

This philosophy is carrying over to ISP’s next undertaking: Residenza Ortona.

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Grant StoryGuest Useritalian seniors' project, residenza italia, residenza ortona, social impact fund, social finance
Full Steam Ahead: Fanshawe Pioneer Village’s Steam Engine Restored

In 1912, a steam engine rolled out of the George White and Sons Company factory in London. Painted bright green and red, the machine would go on to plough fields, run threshing machines and drive small saw mills. Years later, it would roll into a scrapyard, pitted and rusted with a balding paintjob, fading from machine to memory.

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Grant StoryGuest Userspringdale foundation, fanshawe pioneer village, george white steam engine