How
can neighborhood revitalization drive the broader regional economy?
What kind of investments should be made?
How are neighborhood investments important to cities and regions?
What are the ways urban centers can market themselves as places to do business
and live in?
What are the strengths of urban markets and neighborhoods?
Join Us to Answer These and Other Important Questions
With increasing acknowledgment that the health of our region and the health of our neighborhoods are inextricably linked, professionals from all sectors agree that reinvestment in urban areas must enter the public policy and planning debate in the development of a regional agenda and regional economy.
This conference will link community and economic development professionals, elected leaders, business representatives and others — from across Northeast Ohio— to help the region better reinforce the transformation of our urban neighborhoods and connect our individual agendas with a regional one.
Registration
– Thwing Center, 11111 Euclid Avenue
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast
Breakfast
Program – Thwing Center
8:45 – 9:30 a.m. OPENING ADDRESS - David Rusk
National consultant on urban and suburban policy
Morning
Breakout Sessions – The Dively Building & Mandel School
9:45 – 11:15 a.m. Concurrent workshops:
- Building Leadership,
Building Capacity in the
Community Development Field - Tracking the
Impact of Community Development
On Children, Families and Markets - Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
Luncheon
Program – Thwing Center
11:45 – 12:15 p.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Richard Baron
President, McCormack Baron & Associates, Inc.
12:15 p.m. Lunch Served
12:45 –
1:45 p.m. SPECIAL PLENARY SESSION,
SOCIAL COMPACT
Afternoon
Breakout Sessions – The Dively Building & Mandel School
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Concurrent workshops:
- Neighborhoods of Choice
- Urban Markets and Regional Equity
Concluding
Session - The Dively Building
3:45 – 4:15 p.m. Facilitated by David Rusk
Please Note: Breakout Sessions will be held in classrooms at the Dively Building and the Mandel School at CWRU. Attendees will be given a schedule with their confirmed breakout session schedule and room locations during registration, the morning of the symposium.
Social
Compact
12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
During the
luncheon program, Social Compact
CEO, Karen Ottesen, will unveil the results of the
Cleveland Neighborhood Market DrillDown measuring the earning and spending
power in area low-income communities.
The Washington
D.C.-based Social Compact, a
nonprofit coalition of corporate leaders advocating for private investment
in cities, builds on the expertise of over 20 diverse industry leaders and
numerous information sources to reveal the hidden strengths of several local,
traditionally undervalued, communities.
The DrillDown challenges negative stereotypes that
have historically defined inner-city neighborhoods and captures the unique
characteristics, hidden
populations, economies and micro-market
opportunities that exist below the radar of traditional market information
sources. Social Compact’s findings that older, urban neighborhoods
have underestimated clout and buying power has earned national recognition
and helped cities throughout the country identify true neighborhood potential.
Community-based development organizations are viewed as vehicles for advancing social change goals. How do higher education institutions best prepare students to lead these change processes? What kind of education is needed to expand the focus of community development beyond individual neighborhoods and to connect neighborhoods to the region?
Tracking
the Impact of Community Development on Children, Families & Markets
Baltimore’s Vital Signs project will be used to guide discussion on
collecting and using pertinent data. Baltimore’s neighborhood Vital
Signs are outcome indicators designed to measure progress toward a shared
vision and outcomes for strong Baltimore neighborhoods and a thriving city
over time. Vital Signs provides a common yardstick for measuring progress
bringing stakeholders together to think in new ways to make strategic decisions
for long-term progress.
Presenter: Odette Ramos, Executive Director of the Baltimore
Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
Crime
Prevention Through Environmental Design
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is the process of creating
an environment which is “Safe by Design” through three primary
principles – access control, natural surveillance, and territorial reinforcement.
The CPTED approach to community development, redevelopment, traffic control
and safety provides an almost unimagined opportunity for creating healthier,
happier, safer and more productive cities.
Presenter: Sgt. Earl W. Smith, Columbus Division of Police
Where people choose to live – and where they choose not to live – in many ways define the winners and losers in the transformation of a city’s neighborhoods. How can your
neighborhood be effective in attracting homebuyer demand? What strategies can help retain stable residents and strengthen the social fabric in neighborhoods? What are
the best interventions for neighborhoods that are generally healthy but are still vulnerable to decline?
Presenter: Mike Schubert, Principal of Community Development Strategies, a Chicago-based consulting firm that focuses on making neighborhoods more competitive
Urban
Markets and Regional Equity
Explore how urban neighborhoods can compete in a regional market without compromising
the choices and availability of housing and shopping for lower income residents.
Examine ways to achieve equity for all classes, races, and income levels by
connecting urban residents with their region and economy, including innovative
financing tools and advocacy. This session will also focus on potential roles
for local and regional governments.
Presenters: William A. Johnson, Jr., Mayor, Rochester, New
York; John Norquist, President and CEO, The Congress for
New Urbanism; and Mark Muro, Senior Policy Analyst, Center
on Urban & Metropolitan Policy, The Brookings Institution
| Richard
Baron President McCormack Baron & Associates |
David
Rusk Independent consultant on urban and suburban policy |
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He works extensively in St. Louis to rebuild inner city
neighborhoods with quality schools and affordable, mixed-income housing.
His continual efforts to enhance community resources in poor neighborhoods
has led to Baron’s support for childcare based on the French system
of Protection Maternelle et Infantile (PMI), which provides universal
healthcare coverage to pregnant women and children and focuses on preventive
healthcare and resources for at-risk families. |
 David
Rusk is a leading American regionalist who combines scholarship with practical
political experience. He is a former federal official, New Mexico legislator
and mayor of Albuquerque. Rusk’s central theme is that for five
decades two factors have shaped urban America’s development patterns
- sprawl and race. According to Rusk, “elastic” cities, those
able to expand through annexation or consolidation, are far healthier
than the inelastic, boundary-choked cities of the Northeast and Midwest.
Rusk is now a national independent consultant on urban
and suburban policy and a strong champion of regional strategies, particularly
growth management, mixed-income housing, and tax base sharing. Since
1993, he has spoken and consulted in more than 120 communities across
the United States and has lectured and advised on urban affairs in Europe
and Africa. |
As
president of the St. Louis-based McCormack Baron & Associates, Inc.,
Baron is recognized nationally for leading the development of affordable,
innovative housing in
urban neighborhoods. He founded the firm in 1973 with his late friend
and colleague, Terry McCormack, and has since built more than 8,000
housing units in 22 cities at a total cost of $670 million. His holistic
approach to neighborhood development, linked with his push to involve
residents in the design, development, and management of their living
spaces, sets him apart from builders with similar agendas. His firm’s
mission, he says, is “community building.” 
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Parking
is available at Lot 29 under Kelvin Smith Library, the garage connected to Severence Hall. Parking vouchers will be given to attendees upon registration. For a larger, more detailed map, visit: www.cwru.edu/cgi-bin/campusmap |
