South Side Billings, MT
Community Leadership
& Development, Inc.
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Our redemptive work on the South Side of Billings
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Gospel-Centered Restoration
Transforming and empowering the south side
We’re passionate about finding creative solutions to the challenges marginalized communities face. We lean in to the messy and broken with tangible hope for individuals, families, and communities to flourish through the gospel of Jesus Christ. In doing so, we want our neighbors to experience the love of Christ in both word and deed.
Join an Unstoppable Community of Monthly Givers
Our community of monthly givers is known as The 100Fold because, like Jesus tells his disciples in Mark 10, we believe that when people live lives of generosity and sacrifice the blessings returned to them will be one hundred fold.
The 100Fold is a group of people who are passionate, courageous and committed to seeing the South Side be restored through a gospel lens. You belong here.
Gospel-Focused
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CLDI is a non-profit organization that seeks to transform and empower struggling communities. For nearly 40 years, CLDI has been at work in a low-income neighborhood of Billings, Montana known as the South Side. At the heart of our work is a gospel-centered desire to invest in the South Side in such a way that residents of the community thrive financially, spiritually, and relationally.
Overlooked and Broken
The Reality on the South Side
Historically, the South Side has been plagued as being seen as “the wrong side of the tracks.” Over time, residents have moved out of the community for more desirable neighborhoods and places for business in the city. This has left the South Side with low homeownership, inadequate yet expensive housing options, few opportunities for employment, and overrun schools, further exasperating poverty in our neighborhood.
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Holistic Problem Solving
Our Response
We are driven to provide creative solutions for real needs, imagining the impossible, and paving the way for genuine relationships to be fostered in a way that addresses material and relational poverty. Our mission is to seek the transformation of the South Side by rebuilding lives, restoring families, and re-neighboring communities.
Affordable Housing
We believe in providing second chances to individuals and families with poor credit, no rental history, or criminal backgrounds
Youth-Engagement
We engage South Side youth by providing safe after school programs, mentorship, and new, FUN experiences.
Community Development
We labor to remove blight, renovate, and stimulate the economy through commercial development and restoration.
Women & Children Recovery Home
We work directly with women and children to provide a safe place for recovery and restoration of families.
Leadership + Job Training
We provide leadership development opportunities for young adults through our internship as well as job skill training for at-risk youth.
Discipleship
We work with mentors and counselors to provide Christ-Centered mentorship and personal development to individuals.
A Redemptive Coffee House
Rail//Line Coffee
- Restored from old gas station
- Provides leadership and job training
- Encourage other businesses to move here
- Investing in South Side economy
- GOOD COFFEE
Mentoring At-Risk Youth
Youth Works
- Safe after-school programs for South Side youth
- Proclaiming the love of Jesus
- Creating new experiences
- Positive adult relationships
Women and Children Recovery Home
Hannah House
- Transitional housing for women
- Reunification with kids
- Addiction recovery and family restoration
- Relationship and real-life training
Live and Work Missionally
Internship
- 1 year internship with CLDI
- Paid internship + housing
- Ignite your faith and gain experience
- International trip
Invest in the South Side
Join us in transforming and empowering the South Side. Your partnership directly impacts lives and we could not do this without you.
Real Stories from Real People
Our Blog
Leadership Development
A Series on the Eight Principles of Christian Community Development By Eric Basye In the fall of 2020, I began working on my Doctor of Leadership through George Fox University. I toyed with the idea...
Redistribution
A Series on the Eight Principles of Christian Community Development By Eric Basye Hope for Restoration In the Old Testament book of Nehemiah, the prophet lamented the disrepair of Jerusalem as the...
Mosaic Senior Cottage Update – Project Completed!
Hello friends! Some great news, we finished up the landscaping at Mosaic! In case you were not able to see the apartments in person, I wanted to share these exceptional photos that our friend...