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Launching the Gary and Region Investment Project
The Road to Comprehensive and Strategic Community
RevitalizationRevitalization
Sandra M. Moore Urban Strategies, Inc.
October 27, 2010
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Urban Strategies
Mission :To empower residents in distressed urban core neighborhoods to lead healthy, prosperous lives in thriving, healthy, prosperous lives in thriving, self-sustaining communities.
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About Urban Strategies
Human capital planning projects8 major cities
6 HOPE VI communities
Urban Strategies Experience and Qualifications
Over 5,000 units of housing
30+ Years nationwide experience
Elderly services and senior living facilities in 10 communities
6 HOPE VI communitiessupportive services for 2000 families
5 Enhanced schools
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1. Plan for People AND Place2. Engage Strategic Partners
Moving From Disinvestment to Transformation:
3. Facilitate Comprehensive Approaches4. Build the Infrastructure to Sustain
“Action is the antidote to despair.” –Joan Baez
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1. Plan for People AND Place
Determine and Assess the Community:– Who are the people? – How many people?
Moving From Disinvestment to Transformation
– How many people?– What are the assets?– What are the obvious challenges?
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2. Engage Strategic Partners
– Collaborative Partnerships– Strategic Alliances
Moving From Disinvestment to Transformation
“The only way ... for our community to be a better place to live is for the people of the community to understand and accept their personal responsibility for what happens.”
–Davis Merritt, Jr.
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3. Facilitate Comprehensive Approaches
- Capture the moment- Create the pathway beyond collaboration
Moving From Disinvestment to Transformation
collaboration- Connect and strengthen existing resources, and identify new resources
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4. Build the Infrastructure to Sustain
– Leadership – Governance
Moving From Disinvestment to Transformation
– Information Sharing / Continuous Feedback– Modules of success across all engaged sectors
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Comprehensive Strategic Revitalization: Best Practice – Memphis, TN
Dixie Homes and Lamar Terrace
Two distressed Two distressed neighborhoods that flank heart of urban core and medical district
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Comprehensive Strategic Revitalization:Best Practice – Memphis, TN
BEFORE Human Capital Building and Physical Revitalization
• 550 total households
• 381 employable adults only 77 were employed
• 54% employable adults lack high school diploma/GED
• HH income $0 to $21,432
• Median income $5,724
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Comprehensive Strategic Revitalization: Best Practice – Memphis, TN
DURING Human Capital Building and Physical Revitalization
• Deep assessment and engagement with individuals and families
• Establishment of strong partnerships
• Intensive case management and • Intensive case management and service supports
• Estimated $160 million new unit construction, physical infrastructure, capital improvements
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Comprehensive Strategic Revitalization : Best Practice – Memphis, TN
AFTER Human Capital Building and Physical Revitalization
• 97 new job placements
• 192 adults currently employed
• 787 enrollments in job skills training and other employment related services
• Memphis Housing Authority (MHA) adopts new • Memphis Housing Authority (MHA) adopts new integrated approach as benchmark for future public housing projects
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Comprehensive Strategic Revitalization : Best Practice – Memphis, TN
AFTER Human Capital Building and Physical Revitalization
Economic impact of adults currently employed assuming an average salary of $8.60 per hour:
Job Type 6 Months One Year
Full-time $1,091,168.00 $2,182,336.00Full-time $1,091,168.00 $2,182,336.00
Part-time $313,040.00 $626,080.00
Total Back to Economy
$1,404,208.00 $2,808,416.00
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Comprehensive Strategic Revitalization : Best Practice – Memphis, TN
Public Sector• Memphis Housing Authority• Workforce Investment Network• Department of Human Services• Memphis City Schools • University of Memphis
Partners
Foundation• Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis• Plough Foundation• Hyde Family Foundation• Memphis Community Foundation• Buckman Foundation
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Comprehensive Strategic Revitalization : Best Practice – Memphis, TN
Private Sector Partners• Methodist Health Care• Bridges• Seek to Serve• Bridges Out of Poverty
Partners
• Rise Foundation• Gold Strike Casino• Seedco• Memphis Digital Graphics• Links of Shelby County
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Comprehensive Strategic Revitalization :Best Practice – St. Louis
• $5 million CSS budget• 2,260 people engaged • 303 job placements• 300 youth utilizing computer lab• Establishment of first ever CSS Endowment Fund
Renaissance Place at Grand
• Establishment of first ever CSS Endowment Fund
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Comprehensive Strategic Revitalization :Best Practice – St. Louis
Public Sector• St. Louis Housing Authority• St. Louis Community College• Neighborhood Networks
Foundation• US Bancorp Foundation
Partners: Renaissance Place at Grand
• US Bancorp Foundation• Kemper Foundation
Private Sector• MERS/Goodwill• Big Brother Big Sister• PNC Bank• St. Louis University
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Comprehensive Strategic Revitalization :Best Practice – New Orleans
• $7 million CSS budget• 2,200 people engaged• Learning Campus K-8 charter school and a
KIPP high school• Construction training program with 60
C.J. Peete/Harmony Oaks
• Construction training program with 60 graduates and 75% job placement rate
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Comprehensive Strategic Revitalization :Best Practice – New Orleans
Public Sector• Housing Authority of
New Orleans• Department of Labor• Job 1• Recovery School
District
Partners: CJ Peete/Harmony OaksPrivate Sector
• KIPP New Orleans
• Early Childhood and Family Learning Foundation
• New Orleans Hornets
• Goodwork NetworkDistrict
Foundation• HHS• Kresge Foundation• Kellogg Foundation• Ford Foundation• Casey Foundation
• Goodwork Network
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Looking Forward
• What opportunities exist for strategic partnership building in Gary?
• What does sustainability look like?• How can Gary break the cycle of
poverty?poverty?• How can Gary build social AND
economic capital?
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• Align with Federal initiatives• Establish goals for a sustainable community• Place local development issues in regional
context• Increase regional economic competitiveness
Looking Forward
• Increase regional economic competitiveness• Increase local capacity to generate wealth• Engage community members fully• Value differences and create viable solutions
to shared problems
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Gary and Region Investment Project