transforming cities and minds through sustained civic engagement
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Transforming Cities and Minds through Sustained Civic Engagement
Dr. Lorlene HoytDirector of Programs & Research
Talloires Network – a global coalition of engaged universitiesTufts University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research
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City of Lawrence, Massachusetts
Former textile town built by Essex CompanyLocated 30 miles north of M.I.T. One of the poorest cities in the U.S.MIT alumni living and working in Lawrence Long known as the “immigrant city”
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Dominance, Decline, Revitalization?
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Hartford, CTLawrence, MAFlint, MICamden, NJYoungstown, OHScranton, PA
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Forgotten Cities?
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• old—cities with an industrial history; with a population more than 5,000 by 1880;
• small—cities with between 15,000-150,000 residents in 2000; and
• poor—cities with a median household income less than $35,000 in 2000.
PolicyLinkMA Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Voices from Forgotten Cities
Innovative Revitalization Coalitions in America’s Older Small Cities
2002 Lawrence Service-Learning Practicum
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Lawrence: Spatial Distribution of Assets
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Lawrence: Competing Narratives
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Lawrence, MA
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Voices from Forgotten Cities
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•Lack the large employers and corporate presence necessary to provide adequate civic capacity
•Lack adequate governing capacity due to limited financial resources as well as the dominant positioning of the “old guard”
•The collective mindset in many forgotten cities is chronically low
Voices from Forgotten Cities
Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research
Talloires Network
•Location and connectivity — proximity to larger cities and rural places•Scale — walkable downtowns/neighborhoods, access to elected officials•Layout and infrastructure — rails, rivers, parks•Architecture — historic mills, homes, churches•Cultural assets — symphony halls, museums, small colleges•Diversity — immigrants, niche markets, unique labor pool•Identity — loyalty among old-timers, willingness to donate time & money•Affordability — competitive housing/labor opportunities
Housing Development
Homeownership rates:Massachusetts: 62%Lawrence: 32%North Common neighborhood: 14%
Individual development accountsPredatory lending and foreclosuresVacant property acquisition and disposition processes
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Downtown Revitalization
Massachusetts LawrencePoverty rate: 9% Poverty rate: 24%Unemployment: 8% Unemployment: 17%
Zoning overlay district Alleyway restorationOur House Union Crossing
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View looking south across walkway and green deck to new entrance to Building 9
Celebrating Union Crossing
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Youth Education
10% of Lawrence adults have a Bachelor's degree44% of residents between the ages of 18-25 graduate from high school
SAT tutoring on SundaysMonthly field trips for 8th graders to participate in experiments at M.I.T.
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Demo: Lawrence@MIT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLhz6YxuICY
10:40-11:18
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University Partners
Aerospace Controls Laboratory Center for Real EstateCenter for Transportation and Logistics and AgeLabChemistry Outreach ProgramCivil and Environmental Engineering Student Association Cogeneration Plant Community Innovators Lab Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence LaboratoryDepartment of BiologyDepartment of Urban Studies and PlanningEdgerton CenterEducational Studies Programs Fire Hose GamesiHouseLa Casa (Spanish House)Lego LabLincoln Labs - Optical Communications GroupSociety of Latino Engineers and ScientistsSociety of Latino Engineers and Scientists
Media LabMIT Information CenterMIT MuseumMIT Sea Grant ProgramNuclear Reactor LaboratoryOffice of Engineering Outreach Programs Plasma Science Fusion CenterPublic Service CenterSociety of Hispanic Professional EngineersSingapore-MIT GAMBIT Game LabSloan School of ManagementSociety of Physics StudentsSolar Electric Vehicle TeamSpace Propulsion Laboratory Special Program for Urban and Regional StudiesSociety of Women EngineersToy LabWright Brothers Wind Tunnel
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City Partners
Arlington Community TrabajandoBread & Roses Soup KitchenBread & Roses Housing of Greater LawrenceCambridge CollegeCharles Hope Companies LLPCity CouncilCommunity Development DepartmentEconomic Development DepartmentFire DepartmentGroundwork LawrenceInspectional ServicesInternational Union of Painters & Allied TradesJericho RoadLawrence CommunityWorksLawrence Family Development Charter SchoolLawrence Heritage State ParkLawrence High SchoolLawrence Higher Education Resource Center
Lawrence History CenterLawrence Housing CourtLawrence Methuen Community CoalitionLazarus HouseMassachusetts Smart Growth AllianceMayor’s OfficeMerrimack CollegeMerrimack Valley Chamber of CommerceMerrimack Valley Economic Development CouncilMerrimack Valley Habitat for HumanityMerrimack Valley Planning CommissionOur Lady of Good Counsel SchoolPacific Mills Industrial ComplexPlanning DepartmentPolice DepartmentPublic Works DepartmentRecycling DepartmentVeritas BankYouthBuild Lawrence
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Ernest Lynton on Knowledge
In short, the domain of knowledge has no one-way streets.
Knowledge does not move from the locus of research to the place of application, from scholar to practitioner, teacher to student, expert to client. It is everywhere fed back, constantlyenhanced.
We need to think of knowledge in an ecological fashion, recognizing the complex, multifaceted and multiply-connected system by means of which discovery, aggregation, synthesis, dissemination, and application are interconnectedand interacting in a wide variety of ways.
(Lynton, 1994, pp. 88-89)
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Classes-practica -lectures-independent
study
Internships
Fellowships
Research assistantships
Teaching assistantships
Theses and dissertations
Volunteer opportunities
Policy Papers
Funding proposals
Short films
National reports
Journal articles
Op-eds
Blog posts
Cable access television
Radio shows
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Instruments for Action
Collaborative Thesis
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Introduction
Part One: Engaging Economy
Strengthening small businesses in Camden, New JerseyLeveraging rooted institutions in Cleveland, Ohio
Part Two: Engaging Equity
Concentrating Investment in Kansas City, MissouriNetwork Organizing in Lawrence, Massachusetts
Part Three: Engaging Environment
City-wide retrofits in Oakland, CaliforniaCommunity-labor-utility partnerships in Massachusetts
Reflections
Transforming Cities and Minds through Sustained Civic Engagement
Dr. Lorlene HoytDirector of Programs & Research
Talloires Network – a global coalition of engaged universitiesTufts University
Demo: MIT@Lawrence
Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research
Talloires Network
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLhz6YxuICY
Dewey on How We Think
Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research
Talloires Network
Different methods of evaluation:
After-action-reflection
student evaluations
community partner evaluations
quarterly meetings
annual retreats (and celebrations)
continuous dialogue!
Participants:
151 students
59 staff
17 faculty
116 civic leaders/residents (adult)
242 civic leaders/residents (teens)
"…failure is not mere failure. It is instructive. The person who
really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from
his successes” (1933, p. 206)
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