Light after the Storm: Strategies for Revitalization after the Recession
A Workshop Specifically for Local Elected Officials
Wednesday, January 28, 12:00 – 5:30 PM
Accredited by: CM 5.5
- Brochure: Conference Workshop, Sessions and Activities for Policymakers
- Why Local Policymakers Like New Partners
As cities and towns begin to emerge from the recession, local governments are looking forward to revitalizing their communities. This new workshop offers local elected officials from across the country a chance to hear from their colleagues across the country — as well as developers — who are making sustainable, mixed-use, transit-oriented development happen. Find out how to get projects in the ground, what types of infill projects developers are looking for – and what would make them invest in your community.
We’ll also examine innovative ways to fund sustainability projects – from social-impact investing to crowdsourcing to group purchasing communities – and take advantage of adaptive-reuse opportunities.
As technological tools are increasingly being used to foster community development and local economic growth, the workshop will also explore innovative strategies such as the use of online crowdsourcing platforms that give residents the ability to be directly involved in transforming their neighborhood and builders a productive venue to vet ideas and build support early in the project process.
Sustainable revitalization needs to make development work for everybody. The workshop will include a candid conversation with policymakers and others about models for assuring that development provides equal access to local jobs and affordable housing. Learn more about solutions that bring sustainable economic vitality and equitable development, while managing displacement of communities who stand to benefit from revitalization.
Lunch, coffee break and a post-workshop networking reception are included. The workshop is free for local elected officials, but preregistration is required. This workshop is presented by the Local Government Commission and Smart Growth America, and sponsored by OppSites.
Wednesday – Workshop Program |
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| 12:00 PM | Welcome, Lunch & Kick-Off Speaker
Welcome & Introduction of Board Chairs: Kate Meis, Executive Director, Local Government Commission Geoffrey Anderson, President and CEO, Smart Growth America Jake Mackenzie, Rohnert Park Council Member and Local Government Commission Board Chair Bill Henry, Baltimore Council Member and Smart Growth America Advisory Board Member Kick-Off Speaker: Parris Glendening, Former Governor of the State of Maryland and President of Smart Growth America’s Leadership Institute |
| 1:30 – 3:00 PM |
Session: Attracting investors and financing great projects The market has been consistently saying yes to vibrant, walkable communities, and this development approach offer big returns in revitalization, sustainability and fiscal stability. In this session hear insights and advice from the investment community and city leadership about how to make your community attractive to investors and creative ways to fund infill, mixed-use and transit-oriented development. Moderator Neha Bhatt, Deputy Director of Policy Development & Implementation, Smart Growth America Speakers Tom Murphy, Former Mayor of Pittsburgh, PA Peg Moertl, Senior Vice President for Community Development Banking, PNC Ian Wolfe Ross, Co-Founder & CEO, OppSites |
| 3:00 – 3:30 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:30 – 5:00 PM | Session: Making Development Work for All This session will be a candid conversation among local policymakers on models for assuring that development provides equal access to local jobs and affordable housing. Participants will share examples of challenges that their communities are facing in managing displacement as they work to revitalize their communities and neighborhoods. Successful strategies that are being used will be discussed as local governments look for solutions that ensure existing residents can enjoy the benefits of community revitalization. Moderator Deeohn Ferris, President, Sustainable Community Development Group Speakers Andrew M. Fellows, Mayor, City of College Park Bill Henry, Baltimore Council Member and Smart Growth America Advisory Board Member |
| Wrap-up
Jake Mackenzie, Rohnert Park Council Member and Local Government Commission Board Vice-Chair |
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| 5:00 – 6:30 PM | Networking Reception |