Our Work & Impact

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LANI formed as a non-profit in 1994 to advance inclusive, equitable, neighborhood-driven community development.

Since our founding, LANI has invested over $49 million in more than 50 low and mixed-income neighborhoods across Southern California. LANI partners with community members to conceive, fund, design, and build public spaces that meet local needs and reflect local pride and character, including parks and open spaces, pedestrian plazas, business corridors, transit hubs, and safe, vibrant sidewalk environments.

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Authentic Engagement

Beyond building places, LANI meaningfully engages the people who drive and steward neighborhood change – residents, business owners and local organizations – through consensus building and substantive community decision-making.

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Increasing Prosperity

LANI projects create walkable neighborhoods with improved access to healthy lifestyles, transit, and economic opportunity. LANI neighborhoods have attracted new businesses, jobs, and customers, along with $49 million in new investment.

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Thoughtful Project Partner

LANI’s turn-key project-delivery is unique in the field, as is our industry-leading community engagement practice. We have earned a national reputation as a skilled, reliable project manager of publicly funded improvements, playing a critical role in the revitalization of Southern California communities.