mainstreetMillennia works with a wide variety of community and economic development organizations, helping them build capacity and supporting their ability to strengthen and revitalize communities. Our consultants provide a full range of services including: research; policy analysis and legislative agenda setting; public education and training; the provision of technical, financial, and legal assistance; counseling and coaching; coalition building and community organizing; and direct human and social services provision.

Our clients include advocates for: housing and homelessness; health care; childcare; legal, human, and civil rights; and social justice as well as venture capitalists, development banks, and trade organizations. We also provide services to not-for-profits whose work focuses on human services provision; education, training and workforce development; environmental protection and remediation; small business development; income generation and family and community asset building; communications and transportation; poverty and racism; public safety; and the needs of immigrant and refugee communities.

Read these client stories for examples of our work in community and economic development consulting:

Evaluating an initiative that helps low-wage workers step up

Launching a regional venture capital association

Community & Economic Development clients we have worked with:

  • American Law Institute-American Bar Association
  • Center for Applied Linguistics
  • Center for Book Culture
  • Center for Economic Progress
  • Center for Neighborhood Technology
  • Central Cities Housing Ventures, MN
  • Central Minnesota Housing Partnership
  • Chicago Department of Environment
  • Chicago Jobs Council
  • Chicago Rehab Network
  • Chinese American Service League
  • Chinese Mutual Aid Association
  • Claretian Associates
  • Clean Sites, Inc.
  • Community Neighborhood Housing Service, MN
  • Corporation for Supportive Housing, MN
  • Delta Institute
  • Habitat for Humanity, Twin Cities and Rochester Affiliates, MN
  • Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
  • Home Ownership Center: Minnesota Statewide Network of Affordable Housing Services
  • Illinois Coalition for Equal Justice
  • Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights
  • Illinois Works for the Future
  • Interfaith Housing Development Corp.
  • Jane Addams Resource Center
  • Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
  • Jewish Vocational Services
  • Korean American Community Services
  • Latinos Progresando
  • Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois
  • Local Initiatives Support Corporation
  • Museum of Science & Industry
  • Music Theatre Workshop
  • Naperville Public Library
  • National Center on Poverty Law
  • Neighborhood Development Alliance, MN
  • Prairie State Legal Service
  • Sargent Shriver Center for Poverty Law
  • Selby Area Community Development Corporation, St. Paul, MN
  • Southside Arts & Humanities Network
  • Statewide Housing Action Coalition
  • Suburban Job Link Corp.
  • The Garden Project
  • Xilin Asian Community Center

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Testimonials

Our Millennia consultant was exceptional in facilitating a strategic planning process that incorporated input from over 200 employees and that developed our purpose, values, and strategic goals using a task force of 50 managers and employee representatives.
Robert Johns, Director, U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA

Our Clients' Stories

With every engagement, our goal is to deliver purposeful & sustainable results.  Read our clients' stories to learn how we combine our expertise and broad experience with their knowledge and wisdom to achieve greater success.