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America’s smaller legacy cities should fully embrace #equitabledevelopment. @GreaterOhio and @landpolicy discuss how and why in our new report. #GOPCThread https://www.lincolninst.edu/publications/policy-focus-reports/equitably-developing-americas-smaller-legacy-cities
#Equitabledevelopment strategies can help smaller legacy cities meet the need for sound, long-term economic growth; respond proactively to calls for racial equity; and work to remedy the inequities laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic. #GOPCThread
Equity refers to an overarching goal: to make opportunity accessible to all & to make a special effort to improve outcomes for low-income populations & communities of color to bring them into parity with other populations. Equity is not the same as equality #GOPCThread
Research demonstrates that racial and income inequality are not only outcomes of a postindustrial world; they are also drivers of current and future regional economic stagnation. #GOPCThread
Smaller legacy cities are well-suited to pursuing #equitabledevelopment. The smaller size of these places makes them an ideal environment for testing ideas, changing paradigms, and using data to course correct. #GOPCThread
The process of #equitabledevelopment includes diverse stakeholders who provide critical input and take leadership roles #GOPCThread
In smaller legacy cities it must balance protecting residents from physical or cultural displacement while also improving market strength and encouraging new market-rate development. #GOPCThread
Strategies for #equitabledevelopment are varied and focus on physical development and investment in residents. Building an ecosystem based on trust that is supportive of #equitabledevelopment is a critical component to the long-term success of any strategy. #GOPCThread
Building trust and repairing relationships is critical to #equitabledevelopment. @LancasterPA leaders issued an unequivocal apology for past racist city policies, like redlining and urban renewal @CAPLancaster, #LancasterEquityCDC #GOPCThread
The apology helped earn community trust and new groups agreed to join the planning process. #GOPCThread
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Diverse coalitions are critical to #equitabledevelopment. @Transity4Indy, a large, multisector coalition that encouraged support for mass transit, created a data-intensive slide deck that could be tailored to address issues of importance to specific audiences #GOPCThread
Strategic Planning & Visioning are critical pieces of #equitabledevelopment. Private-sector CEOs in Erie PA created @ErieDDC to coordinate & implement downtown plans. @ErieDDC coordinates downtown projects & funding & has increased Erie’s development capacity. #GOPCThread
Thoughtful place-based investments can be #equitabledevelopment, like the renovation of the Dayton Arcade. Small biz development & innovation entities like @ECinnovates & @IACT_UDayton are co-located there... https://twitter.com/arcadedayton/status/1398278571114835969
Facilitating better coordination & eliminating redundancies #GOPCThread
Cultivating homegrown talent is #equitabledevelopment. @ReimagineNOM developed programs to get more residents onto boards of n’hood groups; 1 creates pathways to decision-making roles 4 existing professionals; another fosters leadership & engagement among n’hood youth #GOPCThread
. @CenterStateCEO cultivates homegrown talent by also partnering with community organizations to help residents access job training & obtain careers that pay family-sustaining wages while also assisting businesses in recruiting, training, & retaining skilled employees. #GOPCThread
Planning for N'hood Stability is #equitabledevelopment. @inyellowsprings pioneered novel “Pay to Stay” eviction protection legislation requiring landlords to accept late payments so that tenants could remain in their residences during #COVID #GOPCThread https://ysnews.com/news/2020/06/new-efforts-to-avoid-evictions
Recalibrating existing operations to better yield equity is #equitabledevelopment. Affordable Housing Trust for Columbus & Franklin County reevaluated internal procedures looking for ways to generate more equity #GOPCThread https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2020/06/27/nonprofit-pledges-to-tackle-racial-injustice-in-central-ohio-housing/42105271/
The nonprofit housing lender adopted new policies requiring borrowers pay a housing wage and requiring source of income protection. #GOPCThread https://www.greaterohio.org/blog/2021/3/2/improving-measures-of-equity-the-affordable-housing-trusts-good-idea
Over the next several months, we will periodically dedicate our #GOPCThread to other aspects of our #equitabledevelopment report, so stay tuned!
