PLCDC is the institution.
KLCB is the place-based platform.
Proof of Life Community Development Corporation (PLCDC), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, provides the governance, strategy, resources, standards, systems, evidence discipline, and institutional capacity behind the work.
Keep Lake Como Beautiful (KLCB) is PLCDC’s primary place-based resident activation and neighborhood revitalization platform in Lake Como.
Our Mission
Keep Lake Como Beautiful (KLCB) helps Lake Como residents turn "I care" into "I Can" through practical neighborhood action—building resident power and a safer, cleaner, more connected community, one block at a time.
Why KLCB Exists
Lake Como does not lack people who care.
The challenge is making that care usable.
Residents may encounter neighborhood conditions, development proposals, public decisions, City systems, service concerns, or opportunities to help without a clear pathway for understanding:
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What is happening?
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Who owns it?
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Where do I enter?
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What can I do?
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What should I document?
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What happened next?
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What role can I play now?
KLCB exists to make legitimate pathways easier to find, understand, enter, use, and follow through.
What We Mean by Resident Power
ACCESS
Can residents locate and enter the right process, person, service, meeting, record, opportunity, or decision pathway?
KNOWLEDGE
Can residents understand the issue, responsible party, relevant history, process, options, and next steps?
ORGANIZATION
Can residents document, connect, coordinate, share information, and work with others around what matters?
INFLUENCE
Can residents use that capacity to affect a response, service, decision, resource, policy, or neighborhood outcome?
Who We Build For
Current Lake Como households are KLCB’s primary focus because current residents live with present conditions and present decisions.
People connected to Lake Como through family, history, culture, work, property, service, or memory are an important source of support, trust, knowledge, relationships, resources, and capacity.
Our rule is simple:
Capacity can flow into the neighborhood.
Authority over the neighborhood should not automatically flow out of it.
