ECONOMIC GROWTH CORPORATION
  • About
    • Who We Are, What We Do
    • Meet the Team >
      • Brian Hollenback, President/CEO
      • Cindy Berg, Chief Financial Officer
      • Beth Payne, Senior Vice President
      • Carey Jorgensen, Director of Property Management
      • Andrew Fisher, Construction Director
      • Kerry Mangelsdorf, Office Manager & IT Support
      • James Jones, Housing Manager
      • Frank Perez, Financial Education Coordinator
      • Alex Stockwell, Controller
      • Kate Lackey, Accounting Assistant
      • Malory Jensen, Receivables and Grant Coordinator
      • Madison Prater, Accounts Payable Coordinator
      • Heather Starr, Executive Assistant
    • Awards
  • Development
    • Bidding Opportunities >
      • Northside Lofts- Aledo IL
      • Bid Process for New Contractors
    • Multifamily >
      • Shimer Square
      • Northside Lofts
      • Wilson Lofts
      • Sala Flats
      • Renaissance & Goldman Lofts
      • Centre @ 501
      • Coatsworth Apartments
      • Lawrence Lofts
      • Star Block
      • The Locks
      • Jackson Square
      • Goldman Family Block
      • McKesson Lofts
      • Voss Brothers Lofts
      • Douglas Park Place
      • Bowlby Condominiums
      • Clipper Condominiums
      • Goldman Lofts
      • Renaissance Lofts
      • Broadway Townhomes
      • Murphy Lofts
    • Single Family >
      • Garden District
      • New Old Chicago Redevelopment Subdivision
      • Villas at College Hill
    • Neighborhood Stabilization Program
    • Illinois Attorney General Foreclosure Settlement Funds
  • Programs
    • Buying A Home >
      • Live-Work Rock Island
      • Moline Downpayment Housing Program
    • Fixing My Home
  • Housing Counseling
    • Housing Counseling Services >
      • Financial Literacy & Housing Counseling
      • Alfabetización financiera y educación para compradores de vivienda
    • Homebuyer Education >
      • Homebuyer Class Schedule
    • Personal Growth Workshop
    • Post Purchase Class
  • Subsidiaries
    • Central States Development Partners, Inc.
    • Home Base Property Management, LLC
    • Growth General Contracting, LLC
  • Publications
  • Contact

Annual Reports, Impact Reports, and Publications

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​2023 Annual Report 
GROWTH's 2023 Annual Report showcases its multifaceted efforts to revitalize underserved communities. Highlights include affordable housing initiatives, efforts by Home Base Property Management, LLC, and general contracting projects overseen by Growth General Contracting, LLC. Additionally, efforts in single-family home improvements for vulnerable populations, emergency housing counseling, and financial literacy programs are emphasized. The report also underscores GROWTH's role in job creation, homebuyer education, and providing financing support and job creation through New Market Tax Credits transactions closed through Central States Development Partners, Inc.




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Who We Are, What We Do
Economic Growth Corporation (GROWTH) is a community-based development organization committed to the revitalization of underserved communities throughout the nation. As a 501(c)3 non-profit, GROWTH is a mission-driven organization with over 40 years experience in community and economic development working to enhance the overall image and economic vitality of communities in need of jobs, investment and housing. 

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Impact Report for Central States Development Partners
Central States Development Partners, Inc. is a national, wholly owned subsidiary of Economic Growth Corporation, and serves as a Community Development Entity to access and deploy New Market Tax Credits.

Central States Development Partners, Inc. is a six time, back-to-back Federal Allocatee of $220 Million in New Market Tax Credits, a two-time state allocatee of New Market Tax Credits through the State of Illinois, and a recent state allocatee of New Market Tax Credits through the State of Nevada. 

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 Development Tour Guide
​ Discover all of GROWTH's multifamily developments  and major development grant initiatives as of November 2023.

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Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) Tour Guide
As a certified Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO), GROWTH has completed many single family developments. This document demonstrates GROWTH's community-based efforts as it works to grow affordable, single family development within areas in the community that need it most. 


 


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2022 Annual Report 
2022 marks the 40th Anniversary of Economic Growth Corporation, and since our founding on September 23, 1982, GROWTH has successfully built a strong track record over the past 40 years changing communities. To date, GROWTH and its subsidiaries have deployed more than $500 million into underserved communities supporting 13,800 jobs. GROWTH's work continues to expand reaching 14 states and growing.

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2021 Annual Report 
GROWTH accomplished much despite the ever changing challenges that the past two years have brought. Staff rose to the unprecedented challenges of this past year, demonstrating resilience, dedication, and unwavering commitment to GROWTH's mission that that lead to positive changes that strengthened the communities in which we serve.
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2020 Annual Report 
While GROWTH's activity continues to grow on a national scale, our mission remains the same: to serve the most vulnerable of populations and to grow the most underserved, highly distressed areas of communities. GROWTH continues to work to create opportunities that otherwise would not be available that ultimately helps build and empower people and communities to be in a better place than before.
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2019 Annual Report
Click here to discover all of GROWTH and its subsidiaries activities for 2019 by reading its 24-page Annual Report. 

 


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2018 Annual Report
Click here to discover all of GROWTH and its subsidiaries activities for 2018 by reading its 24-page Annual Report. 

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Central States Development Partners, Inc. featured 
Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits

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Featured in Affordable Housing News 
America's Affordable Housing Resource  

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Featured in Traditional Building
A Professionals Resource for Public Architecture

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100 19th Street, STE 109
Rock Island, IL 61201
309-794-6711
​[email protected]
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Economic Growth Corporation and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Providers.

Fair Housing/ Equal Opportunity Statements:
We are pledged to the letter and spirit of U.S. Policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the nation. ​​In accordance with federal law and the U.S. Department of the Treasury policy, Central States Development Partners, Inc. is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.  

Conflict of Interest Statement:
Economic Growth Corporation and its affiliates (collectively, GROWTH) require staff and members of the Board of Directors to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations pertaining to GROWTH’s activities, to conduct themselves ethically and with integrity; and to avoid any conflict between their own interests and the interests of GROWTH. 

  
  • About
    • Who We Are, What We Do
    • Meet the Team >
      • Brian Hollenback, President/CEO
      • Cindy Berg, Chief Financial Officer
      • Beth Payne, Senior Vice President
      • Carey Jorgensen, Director of Property Management
      • Andrew Fisher, Construction Director
      • Kerry Mangelsdorf, Office Manager & IT Support
      • James Jones, Housing Manager
      • Frank Perez, Financial Education Coordinator
      • Alex Stockwell, Controller
      • Kate Lackey, Accounting Assistant
      • Malory Jensen, Receivables and Grant Coordinator
      • Madison Prater, Accounts Payable Coordinator
      • Heather Starr, Executive Assistant
    • Awards
  • Development
    • Bidding Opportunities >
      • Northside Lofts- Aledo IL
      • Bid Process for New Contractors
    • Multifamily >
      • Shimer Square
      • Northside Lofts
      • Wilson Lofts
      • Sala Flats
      • Renaissance & Goldman Lofts
      • Centre @ 501
      • Coatsworth Apartments
      • Lawrence Lofts
      • Star Block
      • The Locks
      • Jackson Square
      • Goldman Family Block
      • McKesson Lofts
      • Voss Brothers Lofts
      • Douglas Park Place
      • Bowlby Condominiums
      • Clipper Condominiums
      • Goldman Lofts
      • Renaissance Lofts
      • Broadway Townhomes
      • Murphy Lofts
    • Single Family >
      • Garden District
      • New Old Chicago Redevelopment Subdivision
      • Villas at College Hill
    • Neighborhood Stabilization Program
    • Illinois Attorney General Foreclosure Settlement Funds
  • Programs
    • Buying A Home >
      • Live-Work Rock Island
      • Moline Downpayment Housing Program
    • Fixing My Home
  • Housing Counseling
    • Housing Counseling Services >
      • Financial Literacy & Housing Counseling
      • Alfabetización financiera y educación para compradores de vivienda
    • Homebuyer Education >
      • Homebuyer Class Schedule
    • Personal Growth Workshop
    • Post Purchase Class
  • Subsidiaries
    • Central States Development Partners, Inc.
    • Home Base Property Management, LLC
    • Growth General Contracting, LLC
  • Publications
  • Contact