THE GREATER UNIVERSITY CIRCLE INITIATIVE

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REPORT

Our Greater University Circle Initiative is creating jobs, building wealth, and encouraging reinvestment in seven low-income neighborhoods.

An ambitious strategy to stimulate reinvestment in this vital urban area.

GREATER UNIVERSITY CIRCLE STRATEGIES

Institutional Partnership

Strong Coalition of Partners

Physical Development

Priority Development &

Infrastructure Projects

Inclusive Growth

Live Local Buy Local

Hire Local Thrive Local

LIVE LOCAL

Community Engagement

NEIGHBORHOODS AT RISK

John Hay Campus

School of Science and Medicine

NEIGHBORHOODS AT RISK

EUCLID

CORRIDOR

WEST DISTRICT WEST CAMPUS

E. 105th / MLK

UPPER CHESTER

UPTOWN MAYFIELD

TRANSIT STATION

CEDAR HILL BUS & RED LINE

TRANSPORTATION

(Southeast

Gateway)

PRIORITY PROJECTS: MIXED USE AND TRANSPORTATION

$14 .5 MILLION BEFORE AND AFTER

CEDAR HILL RED LINE STATION and BUS RECONFIGURATION

Existing Conditions Reconfiguration

105th & MLK Intersection Reconfiguration

New Mayfield Red Line Station

UPTOWN

GUC FUNDING

COLLABORATIVE

TRANSPORTATION DESIGN FUNDING

Mayfield RTA Station $115,000

E.105th/ MLK $450,000 (to deliver construction documents)

Cedar Hill (Phase 1 Design) $450,000

TOTAL $1,015,000

SOURCES OF FUNDS

GRTA $215,000

CWRU $105,000

University Hospitals $100,000

The Cleveland Clinic $100,000

UCI/ Holden Parks Trust $100,000

NOACA $75,000

Cleveland Foundation $310,000

TOTAL $1,015,000

FUNDING COLLABORATIVE

UPTOWN

Whole District Approach

Institutions Anchoring the District

MOCA

Cleveland Institute of Art

UPTOWN - UNIVERSITY CIRCLE

1. Demonstrates the power of local philanthropy to serve as a convener & catalyst

2. Demonstrates the power and potential of collaborative leadership (to expedite and garner funding)

3. Created new ways of working with government such as RTA

4. Used the entire “tool box” of the foundation leadership, grants (early risk funding), PRI’s & fundraising ourselves

GREATER UNIVERSITY CIRCLE INITIATIVE

Physical Development Impact

E

ast 105

th

Euclid Ave

Mayfield Rd

Circle North

(Wade Park)

Little Italy

GREATER UNIVERSITY CIRCLE: NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION

UPTOWN

Wade Park Ave

Economic Inclusion Management Committee

Established in 2011 to help implement broad goals of Greater University Circle Leadership

Co-chairs: Aparna Bole, UH; and Jon Utech, Cleveland Clinic

Members are leaders and senior team members from anchors:

The Cleveland Foundation/Cleveland State University

Cleveland Clinic

University Hospitals

Case Western Reserve University

The City of Cleveland

And leadership from critical partnering organizations: Neighborhood Connections, BioEnterprise, Towards Employment, Midtown, Cleveland

Neighborhood Progress, Greater Circle Living, University Circle, Inc., ECDI.

Connect

Buy Local

Live Local

Hire Local

“INCLUSIVE GROWTH” - SUBCOMMITTEES

Thrive

Local

251 Anchor Employees in

Greater University Circle

450 New Residents

$2.8 million of

incentives;

$13.8 million

leveraged

78 homes

purchased; 135

apartments rented in GUC

neighborhoods

193% Increased program usage since June

2012

Live Local

Greater Circle Living

Employer-assisted housing program in Greater University Circle

Improve access to affordable housing, assist employees in

wealth building, reduce commute times and costs, and enhance

quality of life - an opportunity to live and work close to

world-class cultural institutions and services

Targeted Employer-Assisted Housing Program $ 4 Million Pool

Anchor Home Buyer Forgivable Loan: $20,000

Foundation Forgivable Loan: $10,000 ($150k income restriction for Foundation loan only)

Total homebuyer benefit available = up to $30,000

$8,000 available for exterior home repair $1,400 available for rental

Forgivable loan for down payment/closing costs for the purchase of an owner-

occupied home Matching funds for exterior renovations One month’s rental payment in Greater University Circle

Eligible for use in parts of Buckeye/Shaker, Fairfax, Hough, Glenville, Little Italy, University Circle, including a portion of the City of East Cleveland

Program Use – since inception, 251 employees have used the program, including family members 450 new residents

Home purchase prices range from $16,000 to $549,000

Household income ranged from $17,500 to $486,000

Average Income is $93,000

Increased program usage by 193% since re-launch in 2012

25 States

27 Cities

6 International

80.4

19.6

Dollars Leveraged Amount of GCL Incentives Invested $2.8

Total Amount Leveraged $13.8 million

INCUBATORS

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512 Jobs created/retained

in the Health Tech Corridor

$67 million

invested;

$38 million leveraged in the Health Tech Corridor

100 gigabit project; 15 supply chain leads; 10 NextStep graduates;

2 RFPs (MailHub/Sterilization)

85% Occupancy

Rate in Midtown;

450,000 SF high quality post incubator and lab space

Buy Local

$288 million private investment raised by

companies in last 3 years

50,000+students

50,000+med/tech employees

1 million SF new/renovated commercial space

2,640 new or retained jobs since 2008

$4 Billion invested

$1 Billion planned

INVESTMENT IN HTC

6,818 Total New Hires by Anchors first three

quarters 2014

451 Total New Hires

by Anchors first three quarters 2014 from

GUC (6.6%); 18.3% of new hires from

Cleveland

61 Step Up to UH

GUC graduates; 75% retention 24 months.

50 new GUC hires per year Clinic goal

15 average

monthly attendance of UH GUC Employee

Resource Group

Hire Local

1,500 NeighborUP!

members

$175,000 Neighborhood

Connection grants in GUC

100 average

monthly attendance at GUC Network

Nights

750 acts of

mutual support facilitated during Network Night’s

Marketplace program

Community Engagement

(Connect)

Largest grassroots grant-making program in the country

Award $650,000/annually; over 2000 grantee groups

$7 million awarded to-date

2011, joined the GUC community wealth building initiative

A Courageous & Innovative Network of People

Working Together So That We All Thrive

Doorways and Practices in the Network

NC Grants

City Repair

Race Space

Peaceful Neighborhoods

Communication

GUC

Wealth

Health

Living Rooms

Commodore

Circle North

Neighbor Circles

Network Nite

Neighbor Nite

Marketplace

Celebration Event

Story Collection

Small Group

One on Ones

Linking Residents to Employment

Anchors, other Employers,

Apprenticeships

Neighborhood Residents

Transportation

Supports for Success

Building Skills

Child Care

Legal

Housing Stability

GED/Basic Literacy

Softskills

Technical Training

Work Experience

Professional Networks

Career Coaching

Job leads Qualifications Application process

Health care

Job Search skills

Orientation

,

Assessme

nt,

Screening

for Career

Paths

Outreach &

Recruitment

Incumbent Workforce Development Programs

GED Class

Bridge to your Future

-- Bridge to College program for employees

-- Over 200 employees have participated

Pathway to Patient Care Assistant (PCA)

– Current UH service employees trained to become PCAs, first rung on health care career ladder

– Outcomes: 100% completion and retention at 6 mos; 80% retention rate after one year

Career Coaching

– Over 250 employees coached annually, 57% successfully obtain new jobs

Step Up to UH – backfilling jobs with GUC residents

• UH and Towards Employment

– Identify jobs, screening criteria, timeline for recruitment

• Neighborhood Connections and community development corporations

– Outreach and meeting convening

• Towards Employment

– Recruitment, coordination, screening, pre-employment soft-skills training, wraparound supports

Outcomes since July 2013:

• 61 hired to date; 50 in pipeline

• Significantly reduced interview to hire ratio, enhancing efficiency for UH and creating new opportunities for residents.

• 5rd cohort in training

• 85% retention since inception of the program

Greater University Circle Jobs Pipeline:

Step Up to UH

Change the environment. Change the

assumptions.

People are capable of extraordinary things."

--Bill Strickland, inspiration for NewBridge, and founder of

Manchester Bidwell in Pittsburgh and author of “Make the

Impossible Possible”

Inspiring Minds. Launching Careers.

May 2015

Transforming Lives and Neighborhoods

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4Our Goals

• Promote wealth-building for residents of

specific Cleveland neighborhoods

• Anchor capital so it doesn’t leak out of NE

Ohio

• Launch new Green, cooperatively-owned

companies

• Stabilize and revitalize Cleveland

neighborhoods via innovative job creation

• Develop a model for national impact

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4Where and Why?

• 6 specific neighborhoods were identified

• Of 50,000 residents, 40% live below

poverty line

• Median household income less than

$18,500/year

• Previous attempts at economic

development failed

• “A job alone is not enough.” – We

decided to try something new…

114 Employees - 35

Members

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4Brief History • “All Hands on Deck” Strategy: City,

Philanthropy, Business leaders, and

Residents

• ECL and E2S: started in 2009

• Evergreen Cooperative Corporation

incorporated as 501c3: 2011

• GCG: started in late 2012

• Successful home and auto ownership

programs underway

• First profit-sharing event in 2014

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4 Other Updates

• 114 Employees

• Living in GUC: 45%

• Living in CLV: 90%

• Minorities: 83%

• Prisoner re-entry: 38%

• Home ownership: 20

• Car ownership: 8

• Total payroll since inception: $5.5mm

• Annual Property Tax: $150,000

• ECL and E2S with positive Net Income for

2014

Discussion