Community Development Events

Day 1 (March 26)

Plenary Presentations  

A Blueprint for American Prosperity
Part 1 of 2: Presentation (13.5 MB, 28:07 minutes)
Part 2 of 2: Questions and Answers (9.4 MB, 15:57 minutes)

• Bruce Katz, Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
• Narrative (75 KB,12 pages)
• Presentation (organized for web presentation in four parts)
  • Part 1 of 4 (5.6 MB, 10 pages)
  • Part 2 of 4 (22 MB, 15 pages)
  • Part 3 of 4 (3 MB, 24 pages)
  • Part 4 of 4 (3 MB, 24 pages)

Building a Sense of Place in Older Industrial Cities: Lessons from Europe
Part 1 of 2: Presentation (13.5MB, 32:59 minutes)
Part 2 of 2: Questions and Answers (9.4 MB, 15:57 minutes)

• Valentino Castellani, Professor Emeritus of Electrical Communications, Turin Polytechnic; President, Organizing Committee, 2006 Turin Olympic Winter Games, and former mayor of Turin, Italy (5.7 MB, 50 pages)
• Moderator: Andrew D. Altman, Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development and Director of Commerce, City of Philadelphia

Reinventing Universities: Why Place and Community Matter
Part 1 of 2: Presentation (13 MB, 31:43 minutes)
Part 2 of 2: Questions and Answers (7.7 MB, 13:03 minutes)

• Amy Gutmann, President, University of Pennsylvania

Concurrent Workshops

The New Face of Industry

• John Colm, President and Executive Director, WIRE-Net, Cleveland, OH (463 KB, 10 pages)
• Linda R. Thomson, President, Johnstown Area Regional Industries, Johnstown, PA
  (45 KB, 8 pages)
• Moderator: Caren Franzini, CEO, New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Trenton, NJ

Urban Open Spaces

• Jack T. Linn, Assistant Commissioner and Senior Counselor, New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, NY (12.8 MB, 28 pages)
• Peter Harnik, Director, Center for City Park Excellence, Trust for Public Land, Washington, D.C.
• Moderator: Joan M. Reilly, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia

Reducing Foreclosures’ Negative Effects on Neighborhoods

• Colleen Hernandez, President and Executive Director, Homeownership Preservation Foundation, Minneapolis, MN (1.2 MB, 18 pages)
• George McCarthy, Senior Program Officer, Ford Foundation, New York City (65 KB, 12 pages)
• Moderator: Kausar Hamdani, Vice President of Community Affairs, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Schools and Neighborhoods: Research and Policy

• Paul A. Jargowsky, Professor of Public Policy, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (52 KB, 15 pages)
• Jens Ludwig, Professor of Social Service Administration, Law, and Public Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (40 KB, 11 pages)
• Discussant and Moderator: Betsey Stevenson, Assistant Professor of Business and Public Policy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (140 KB, 6 pages)

Using Data and Mapping to Identify Public and Private Investment Opportunities in Cities, Parts 1 and 2

• Ira J. Goldstein, Director of Policy and Information Services, The Reinvestment Fund, Inc., Philadelphia (6.6 MB, 53 pages)

Anchor Institutions

• Xiangming Chen, Dean and Director, Center for Urban and Global Studies, Trinity College, Hartford, CT (480 KB, 14 pages)
• Darrel W. Staat, President, Central Virginia Community College, Lynchburg, VA
  (164 KB, 10 pages)
• Moderator: Jane Humphreys, Community Affairs Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Buffalo Branch

Highway Teardowns

• Peter (Gil) Kelley, Director of Planning, Portland, OR (7.8 MB, 33 pages)
• Peter Steinbrueck, Principal, Steinbrueck Urban Strategies, LLC, Seattle, WA (2.3 MB, 14 pages)
• Moderator: Harris M. Steinberg, Penn Praxis, University of Pennsylvania School of Design, Philadelphia

Engaging Communities of Color in the Reinventing Process

• Martha McCoy, Executive Director, Everyday Democracy/Study Circles Resource Center, Pomfret, CT
• Alicia J. Barnett, Resident Engagement and Leadership Coach, Making Connections Indianapolis, IN (171 KB, 13 pages)
• Moderator: Patricia A. Coulter, President and CEO, Urban League of Philadelphia

Social Interactions, Employment, and Crime

• Robert J. Sampson, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences and Department Chair, Harvard University Department of Sociology, Cambridge, MA (550 KB, 15 pages)
• Michael A. Stoll, Professor and Chair of Public Policy, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
  (296 KB, 18 pages)
• Discussant: Denise DiPasquale, President and Founder, City Research, Boston
  (56 KB, 7 pages)
• Discussant: Douglas J. Wiebe, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (1.6 MB, 11 pages)
• Moderator: Susan Wachter, Professor of Real Estate and Finance, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Day 2 (March 27)

Plenary Presentation

The Role of Philanthropy: Changing Neighborhoods, Changing Markets Part 1 of 2: Panel (17.8 MB, 30:23 minutes)
Part 2 of 2: Panel (12.3 MB, 20:57 minutes)

• Feather O. Houstoun, President, William Penn Foundation, Philadelphia
• David T. Abbott, Executive Director, The George Gund Foundation, Cleveland, OH
• Richard D. Baron, Chairman and CEO, McCormack Baron Salazar, Inc., St. Louis, MO (16.2 MB, 232 pages)
• Moderator: Jeremy Nowak, President and CEO, The Reinvestment Fund, Inc., Philadelphia
  

Concurrent Workshops

New Markets Tax Credits

• Pamela M. Woodell, Senior Vice President, Lending and Investments, JNA Capital, Inc., Philadelphia (PDF, 349 KB, 8 pages)
• Catherine E. Dolan, Director of Sales, Community Development Finance, Wachovia Corporation, Charlotte, NC (114 KB, 10 pages)
• Moderator: Donald R. Hinkle-Brown, President, Lending and Community Investments, The Reinvestment Fund, Philadelphia Urban Inclusionary Zoning.

Urban Inclusionary Zoning

• Dwayne Samuel Marsh, Associate Director, PolicyLink, Oakland, CA (1.3 MB, 29 pages)
• Brad Lander, Director, Pratt Center for Community Development, Brooklyn, NY (522 KB, 10 pages)
• Moderator: Alan Mallach, Senior Fellow, National Housing Institute, Montclair, NJ

Return of the Urban Supermarket

• Paul Brauer, Director of Human Resources, Community Affairs, and Store Operations, Brown’s Super Stores, Inc., Bellmawr, NJ (1.2 MB, 14 pages)
• Rich Varda, Senior Vice President, Target Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (9 MB, 58 pages)
• Moderator: Louis S. Schiezzari, Senior Vice President, PNC Bank, N.A., Philadelphia

Health and Residential Location

• Janet Currie, Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, Columbia University, New York City (49 MB, 13 pages)
• Rucker C. Johnson, Assistant Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley (85 MB, 13 pages)
• Discussant: Virginia W. Chang, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (73 MB, 3 pages)
• Charles Branas, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (227 KB, 3 pages)
• Moderator: Afaf I. Meleis, Dean, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

How to Attract Private-Sector Development Needed to Revitalize Stagnant Markets, Parts 1 and 2

• Karen L. Black, Principal, May 8 Consulting, Inc., Media, PA (2 MB, 41 pages)

Attracting High-Impact Development to Smaller Cities and Towns

• Thomas M. Leighton, Mayor, Wilkes-Barre, PA (613 KB, 7 pages)
• John S. Brenner, Mayor, York, PA (6 MB, 44 pages)
• Moderator: Karen Miller, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Outreach Project, Berks County Community Foundation, Reading, PA

Financing Core Infrastructure

• Marvin Markus, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs and Company, New York
• Karl F. Seidman, Senior Lecturer, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, Cambridge, MA (81 KB, 15 pages)
• Moderator: Jennifer S. Vey, Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.

Developing Tomorrow’s Workforce

• Jerry Rubin, President and CEO, Jewish Vocational Service, Boston, MA
  (222 KB, 16 pages)
• Janice Fine, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
• Moderator: Ernest E. Jones, President and CEO, Philadelphia Workforce Development Corporation

Dealing with Uneven Geographies of Opportunity, Strategy 1: Neighborhood Revitalization

• Ingrid G. Ellen, Associate Professor, Wagner School, New York University, New York City (42 KB, 10 pages)
• Mark Joseph, Assistant Professor, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (151 KB, 10 pages)
• Discussant: Jill Khadduri, Principal Associate, Abt Associates, Inc., Cambridge, MA (159 KB, 10 pages)
• Discussant: Janet Rothenberg Pack, Professor of Business and Public Policy, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (175 KB, 14 pages)
• Moderator: Eugenie Birch, Lawrence C. Nussdorf Chair of Urban Research and Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Commercial Corridors

• William G. Taft, Executive Director, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (446 KB, 11 pages)
• Richard P. Voith, Senior Vice President, Econsult Corporation, Philadelphia (740 KB, 30 pages)
• Moderator: Mark Edwards, Executive Director, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Philadelphia

Re-Entry of Ex-Offenders

• Cornell William Brooks, Executive Director, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, Newark, NJ (894 KB, 17 pages)
• Julio Medina, Executive Director, Exodus Transitional Community, New York City, NY (668 KB, 12 pages)
• Moderator: Renata Cobbs Fletcher, Vice President of Public Policy and Community Partnerships, Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia (102 KB, 11 pages)

Greening Cities and Towns

• Sadhu Aufochs Johnston, Chief Environmental Officer, City of Chicago, Office of the Mayor
• Sandy Wiggins, Principal, Consilience, LLC, Philadelphia
• Moderator: Julia Seward, Executive Director, State Policy, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Washington, D.C.

Patterns of Segregation

• Fernando Ferreira, Assistant Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (109 KB, 10 pages)
• Alexandre Mas, Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, CA (94 KB, 14 pages)
• Discussant: Robert H. DeFina, Professor, Sociology Department, Villanova University, Villanova, PA (85 KB, 8 pages)
• Discussant: Stephen L. Ross, Professor of Economics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (55 KB, 8 pages)
• Moderator: Camille Zubrinsky Charles, Associate Professor of Sociology, and Faculty Associate Director, Center for Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Managing Markets for Sustainable Neighborhood Change

• Alan Mallach, Senior Fellow, National Housing Institute, Montclair, NJ (347 KB, 28 pages)
• Moderator: Rick Sauer, Executive Director, Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations

Neighborhood-Based Planning

• Michael L. Powell, Director of Planning and Policy, New Jersey Community Development Corporation, Paterson, NJ (7.4 MB, 50 pages)
• Raymond Ocasio, Executive Director, La Casa de Don Pedro, Inc., Newark, NJ (4.5 MB, 22 pages)
• David Buches, Community Investment Manager, Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, Dover, DE (53 KB, 8 pages)

Right-Sizing Cities

• Jay Williams, Mayor, Youngstown, OH (1.6 MB, 18 pages)
• Kathryn A. Foster, Director, Regional Institute, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (1.7 MB, 10 pages)
• Moderator: Kim Burnett, Program Officer in Community Revitalization, Surdna Foundation, New York City

Private-Sector Developers

• Richard D. Baron, Chairman and CEO, McCormack Baron Salazar, Inc., St. Louis, MO (16.2 MB, 232 pages)
• John A. Westrum, CEO, Westrum Development Company, Fort Washington, PA
• Moderator: Barry Seymour, Executive Director, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission

Dealing with Uneven Geographies of Opportunity, Strategy 2: Programs That Move People Out of Concentrated Poverty

• Xavier de Souza Briggs, Associate Professor of Sociology and Urban Planning, MIT, Cambridge, MA, (276 KB, 12 pages)
• Susan Clampet-Lundquist, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia (1.2 MB, 17 pages)
• Lisa Gennetian, Senior Research Director, Policy Evaluation Project, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. (117 KB, 16 pages)
• Discussant: George Galster, Hilberry Professor of Urban Affairs, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Wayne State University, Detroit (36 KB, 11 pages)
• Moderator: Todd Richardson, Director, Program Evaluation Division, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C.

Day 3 (March 28)

The Federal Reserve System’s Response to Subprime Mortgage Challenges
Part 1 of 2: Presentation (15.1 MB, 36:47 minutes)
Part 2 of 2: Questions and Answers (10.2 MB, 17:20 minutes)

• Sandra F. Braunstein, Director, Division of Consumer and Community Affairs, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Morning with the Mayors
Part 1 of 4: Introduction and Presentation (12.3 MB, 21:00 minutes)
Part 2 of 4: Presentations (12.1 MB, 20:34 minutes)
Part 3 of 4: Moderator Questions (11.2 MB, 19:10 minutes)
Part 4 of 4: Questions and Answers (6.5 MB, 17:20 minutes)

• Dannel P. Malloy, Mayor, Stamford, CT (557 KB, 20 pages)
• Jay Williams, Mayor, Youngstown, OH
• Christopher Warren, Chief of Regional Development, City of Cleveland, OH
• Moderator: Michael A. Nutter, Mayor, Philadelphia