About LCIC
Building Stronger Lima Neighborhoods
We connect people, places, and pathways to help Lima neighborhoods thrive.
Our Story
Rooted in Community
The Lima Community Improvement Corporation (LCIC) is a 501c3 not-for-profit corporation founded in 2022 as a component of the City of Lima.
Our mission is to create economically diverse neighborhoods filled with financially empowered citizens and housing for all.
The Board
- – Mayor Sharetta Smith – Chair
- – Gary McPheron -Vice Chair
- – Meri Foster – Secretary-Treasurer
- – Jamie Dixon
- – Ian Kohli
- - Carmillia Zion
- – Jed Metzger
- – Frank Kohlhofer
- – Gwendolen Lane
- – Jermaine Harper
- - Father David Ross
- – Ed Rinehart – Executive Director
What Can Lima Community Improvement Corporation Do?
-The ability to borrow money for any purpose of the corporation.
-Secure, convey, dispose of, hold, lease, purchase, receive, sell, sublease and/or
transfer real and personal property.
-Acquire associations, businesses, corporations, firms, goodwill, joint stock companies, other assets or any person, partnerships, real and personal property, rights and trusts.
-To obtain improved or unimproved real estate for the purpose of constructing industrial plants or other business establishments thereon or for the purpose of disposing of such real estate to others in whole or in part for the construction of industrial plants or other business establishments.
-To do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers especially
created in Chapter 1724 of the Ohio Revised Code.
-To serve as an agent for grant applications and for the administration of grant funds.
