Urban Revitalization for All

Friday, June 29, 2018 - 1:00pm EDT

Webinars

This is a tale of two (kinds of) cities. First, there are the fast-growing coastal megalopolises—including Washington, DC, Seattle, and San Francisco—where an influx of millennials has spurred new investment in housing, transit, parks and other amenities. In those cities, the much celebrated urban revitalization has come at a cost: it has displaced countless long-time residents—especially people of color and those of limited means—who can no longer afford their newly gentrified neighborhoods.

Second, there are cities across the American heartland—Detroit, St. Louis and Cleveland, for example—where many neighborhoods are still waiting for their chance at revival. In those cities, residents of blighted neighborhoods suffer from disinvestment and dysfunction, caught in a downward spiral of declining value, revenue and services. This Island Press Urban Resilience Project webinar explores strategies to create urban revitalization for all—on the gentrifying coasts and in the still-declining rustbelt. It highlights successful policies and programs to boost investment without displacing less affluent residents, preserve affordable housing, create jobs, and foster racial and income diversity.

View and download the slides here: https://islandpress.box.com/s/di6d5h2dqml98c94jt24aaguf8g3rp05

Participants

Justin Garrett Moore

Justin Garrett Moore serves as the Executive Director of the NYC Public Design Commission.

Alan Mallach

Alan Mallach is a senior fellow at the Center for Community Progress in Washington, DC. He is the author of many works on housing and planning, including Bringing Buildings Back and Building a Better Urban Future: New Directions for Housing Policies in Weak Market Cities. He has served as director of housing and economic development for Trenton, N.J. as a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, and as a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Anthony A. Williams

Former Mayor of Washington, DC and CEO & Executive Director, Federal City Council.

Vivian Satterfield

Vivian Satterfield is a community organizer, social movement builder, and policy shaper. She is currently the Deputy Director of OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon, working at the intersection of transportation, housing, and climate with a racial justice lens.