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The Mon Valley Initiative (MVI) is a 501(c)(3) grass-roots coalition, formed in 1988, made up of 11 community development corporations. MVI is currently organized into four team areas to best carry out its mission of working together to unite the communities and restore the economic vitality of the Mon Valley.

These team areas include Housing & Real Estate Development, Housing Counseling, Workforce & Business Development and Community Outreach. While community development can mean a wide variety of things, the members of Mon Valley Initiative have worked to define that concept into manageable work areas and have identified these four program areas as points in which we can fill gaps and leverage additional resources and partnerships to provide significant impact for improving our member communities.

The current CDCs who form the MVI coalition are as follows: Braddock Economic Development Corporation (BEDCO); Downtown West Newton Inc. (DWNI); Duquesne Business Advisory Corporation (DBAC); East Pittsburgh Economic Development Corporation (EPEDC); Greater Charleroi Community Development Corporation (GCCDC); Homestead-area Economic Revitalization Corporation (HERC); Monessen Community Development Corporation (MCDC); North Braddock Cares Inc. (NBCares); Rankin Partnership; Swissvale Economic Development Corporation (SEDCO); Turtle Creek Development Corporation (TCDC).

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