Three ways we are building the next Longview.
A community foundation is built for the long view. Our three pillars reflect a simple belief: that the choices we make today can shape the Longview our children, grandchildren, and generations beyond them will call home. These are more than priorities for today. They are commitments we intend to carry forward for the next hundred years.
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What this looks like when it works.
Our three-pillar strategy is designed to establish the Foundation as a vital institution for the City of Longview, one that invests intentionally in its people, strengthens the connections that bring our community together, and helps build a future where Longview is stronger because we chose to invest in it.
Keep Longview
VIBRANT
“He has made everything beautiful in its time.”
- ECCLESIASTES 3:11
Imagine the institutions we love having the freedom to think in decades.
An endowment that keeps the arboretum, theater, museum, and arts thriving through changing seasons and changing leadership. Permanent capital for the places that give Longview its character. A downtown with the patience and resources to become a destination over fifteen years, not just the length of a grant cycle.
We can build the kind of support that lets the places we love endure.
Keep Longview
INNOVATIVE
"Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings.”
- PROVERBS 22:29
Imagine more of Longview's talent building its future right here.
Scholarships connected to local opportunity, so a nursing degree leads to a career in a Longview hospital. Capital for the welder ready to become an owner, or the entrepreneur whose idea is too early for a traditional bank. Resources to try what hasn't been tried here before, and the patience to learn, adapt, and try again.
We can build an ecosystem where Longview's next generation doesn't have to leave to find opportunity.
Keep Longview
AFFORDABLE
“Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.”
- PSALM 127:1
Imagine homeownership remaining within reach for generations of families.
A community land trust that keeps a home affordable through the second sale, the third, and the ones after that. Down-payment support that helps teachers, nurses, linemen, and other working families put down roots in the community they serve. The capacity to develop housing ourselves when the market alone cannot meet the need.
We can build neighborhoods where the people who make Longview work can afford to call it home.
