Press

Celebrate with us as we share what’s happening with USI around the nation.

Truist Foundation grants $1.5M to Urban Strategies Inc. to assist small businesses supporting community revitalization

June 25, 2023 | Press

How a neighborhood-focused Baltimore initiative is employing patience, partnership, and resident leadership to drive long-term change

June 7, 2023 | Press

NEW RESEARCH FINDS UNDERUTILIZED HOMEOWNERSHIP VOUCHER PROGRAM COULD BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN RACIAL HOMEOWNERSHIP DISPARITIES

June 6, 2023 | Press

ST. LOUIS-BASED URBAN STRATEGIES, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, RECEIVES $20.8 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT TO INCREASE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ST. LOUIS CITY

April 18, 2023 | Press

USI RECEIVES GRANT TO EXPAND COMMUNITY-BASED STEM EDUCATION FOR YOUTH IN FORT WORTH

April 18, 2023 | Press

LOCAL NONPROFIT AIMS TO CHANGE THE CITY’S NARRATIVE BY HELPING BALTIMORE’S YOUTH TELL THEIR STORIES

March 8, 2023 | News Article

USI AND WETZEL’S PRETZELS ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP TO SUPPORT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AND ETHNIC MINORITIES

March 6, 2023 | Press Release

Active Chefs program equipping kids to cook healthy foods

March 3, 2023 | News Article

USI PROMOTES EBONIE REED TO VICE PRESIDENT

January 31, 2023 | Press Release

Urban Strategies, Inc. is the winner of the Courageous Innovator award 

January 17, 2023 | Award

Tidewater Gardens transformation project’s first housing units open in summer 2023

December 7, 2022 | News Article

‘Keep hope alive’: Residents, officials celebrate start of Cleveland Avenue transformation in Winston-Salem.

December 6, 2022 | News Article

Selma in line for $5M over next three years from new philanthropic effort to advance equity

December 6, 2022 | News Article

Louisville receives 2022 All-America City Award for early school success, equitable learning work at Beecher Terrace

August 5, 2022 | Press Release

URBAN STRATEGIES, INC. FUNDS CALIFORNIA MINORITY-OWNED CONTRACTOR FOR PLAZA EAST COMMUNITY

June 24, 2022 | Press Release

ESTHER SHIN RECOGNIZED AS DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI FROM WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

June 2, 2022 | Press Release

Erika Wilson Selected as Young Leader by St. Louis American Newspaper

May 20, 2022 | Press Release

Mentoring Young Men: Benjamin Fortson in the middle surrounded by the male mentors from the Circle of Brotherhood

USI AND THE CIRCLE OF BROTHERHOOD LAUNCH NEW MENTORING PROGRAM FOR MALE YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS

April 6, 2022 | Press Release

USI PARTNERED WITH MORE THAN 650 ORGANIZATIONS NATIONWIDE TO ENSURE THAT FAMILIES ARE STABLE AND THRIVING

February 28, 2022 | Press Release

USI PARTNERS WITH FACEBOOK TO PROVIDE LOCAL RESIDENTS WITH TECHNOLOGY

October 18, 2021 | Press Release

USI EXPANDS EFFORTS TO REVITALIZE HOUSING AND INVEST IN NEIGHBORHOODS NATIONWIDE

September 21, 2021 | Press Release

Youth working in a Green Garden Bakery booth

Youth Voice and Leadership in Mixed-Income Communities: Heritage Park and the Green Garden Bakery

August 24, 2021 | Press Announcement

NEW PROGRAMS FOR TIDEWATER GARDENS RESIDENTS FOCUS ON YOUTH FINANCIAL LITERACY AND RESIDENT HISTORY RECORDINGS

May 19, 2021 | Press Release

USI SELECTED FOR ONE OF THE FIRST NATIONAL PRIVATE AND NON-PROFIT PARTNERSHIP FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC MOBILITY

April 27, 2021 | Press Release

A STATEMENT ON THE JANUARY 6TH, 2021 CAPITOL RIOTS FROM USI PRESIDENT, ESTHER SHIN

January 8, 2021 | Press Release