Winter/Spring 2012: Lecture #S4.4 -------------------------------------------------------------- "Anchor-Based Economic and Community Development Strategies"
Kathy and Ziona will discuss the Evergreen Initiative, a Cleveland-based initiative designed to help low-income entrepreneurs succeed through partnerships with anchor institutions. The goal of the Evergreen Initiative is to provide meaningful jobs and opportunities to build wealth in inner-city communities. The Evergreen Initiative has helped entrepreneurs create employee-owned cooperative businesses providing laundry, food/agricultural, energy, and other services to hospitals, universities, charitable foundations, and governmental agencies in Cleveland.
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This research series is co-sponsored by the Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System (PNCIS).
Winter/Spring 2012: Lecture #S4.2 -------------------------------------------------------------- "Analyzing Urban Structure in Pittsburgh with Network Models and Cartography"
Donald Buckwalter, PhD, Professor of Geography and Regional Planning, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Donald Buckwalter's research concerns transportation and its interaction with regional economic development. Download the corresponding slide presentation here.
This research series is co-sponsored by the Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System (PNCIS).
Fall 2011: Lecture #S3.2 -------------------------------------------------------------- "Shrinking Cities: What Can Be Done"
Alan Mallach, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, National Housing Institute, and Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Alan has been engaged as a practitioner, advocate, and scholar in the fields of housing, planning and community development for nearly forty years. His talk will center on the issues facing "shrinking cities"; and the policies many communities are now adopting in response to population loss.
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This research series is co-sponsored by the Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System (PNCIS).
Fall 2011: Lecture #S3.1 -------------------------------------------------------------- "Neighborhood Revitalization: Keys to Success and Future Challenges"
Karl Schlachter, Senior Vice President & Senior Project Manager, McCormack Baron Salazar, Inc.
Karl has over twenty years of experience as a multifamily housing development executive, project manager and consultant. He currently leads MBS' East Coast development efforts and oversees all phases of development including new business development, master planning, initial feasibility and market studies, recruitment and selection of project partners, community engagement, selection and management of development team members, financial analysis, structuring and packaging, obtaining land use and environmental approvals, contract negotiation, construction management and budget/cost control.
Karl's focus has been on engaging and leading large scale, multi-phased urban redevelopments. Recent projects include Bedford Hill Apartments, a multiple phase HOPE VI development, and the mixed-income redevelopment of the former troubled, HUD-assisted Federal American Properties in East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The redeveloped property, now called Fairfield, has a waiting list of over 3,000 and sits across the street from a new urban Target Store that was financed in part with New Market Tax Credits from MBS' sister company, MBS Urban Initiatives CDE, LLC.
Before joining MBS in 2004, Mr. Schlachter was responsible for building and managing a regional development office that completed construction of over 1,300 multifamily units with a total development cost exceeding $215 million. Mr. Schlachter holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science and Economics from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Karl is also a Pitt alumnus.
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This research series is co-sponsored by the Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System (PNCIS).
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