The East Baltimore Revitalization Initiative is the largest urban redevelopment effort in Baltimore in decades. A major priority of the initiative was to increase economic opportunity through job creation and contract opportunities for local, minority and women-owned businesses. This webinar explores and highlights the project’s efforts and achievements to that end, as well as similar endeavors underway in New Orleans.

1. Expanding Economic Opportunity
for Local Residents and Business
March 19, 2015
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I. Introduction
II. Background
III. The Context for Economic Inclusion
Efforts in East Baltimore
IV. Closing the Skills Gap and
Strengthening Workforce Pipelines
V. Economic Inclusion Policies and
Progress
VI. Recommendations
Webinar Overview
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3. Our Panel
Ryan Chao
Vice President for Civic
Sites and Community
Change
The Annie E. Casey
Foundation
Victor Rubin
Vice President for
Research
PolicyLink
Cheryl Washington
Senior Director
East Baltimore
Development Inc.
Ashleigh Gardere
Senior Advisor to
Mayor Mitchell J.
Landrieu and Director,
The Network for
Economic Opportunity
City of New Orleans

4. THE CONTEXT FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION
EFFORTS IN EAST BALTIMORE

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• Demolition of the existing
properties and rebuilding
for:
– Biotechnology research
and commerce campus:
Science and
Technology Park at
Johns Hopkins
• Mixed use, mixed income
community
– Eager Park
The Development Framework

6. The Context for Economic Inclusion:
Project Area 2006 Plan and 2011 Recommendations
Source: Forest City – New East Baltimore Partnership, 2012.
2006 2011 Recommendations
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7. Planned and Built Development
Planned (original) Planned (revised) Built (Spring 2012)
Housing 1,683 new, 389 rehab 478 new, 68 rehab
Retail 268,000 sq.ft. 100,000 sq.ft. 18,000 sq.ft.
Commercial 2,805,000 sq.ft. 1,800,000 sq.ft. 280,000 sq.ft.
Hotel 80,000 sq.ft. 160,000 sq.ft. 0
Source: Planned (original) data from Clinch, 2009. Planned (revised) and Built (Spring 2012) are from Forest City – New East Baltimore
Partnership, 2012. 7

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• Projected jobs to be created:
– 12,000 construction (2006-­2012)
and
– 3,000 permanent (by 2013)
• Number of people hired:
– 4,692 construction (2006-­2014)
– 950 permanent
• 641 local hires on construction;; 270
of these people came from pipeline
Project Job Creation and Hiring
Photo credit: Baltimore Integration Partnership.

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• Relocated residents have lower educational
attainment and higher unemployment than
East Baltimore residents overall
• 80% make less than $25,000 a year
• 38% not in the labor force (retired, in school
or not looking for work)
Resident Characteristics

10. CLOSING THE SKILLS GAP AND STRENGTHENING
WORKFORCE PIPELINES
Photo credit: Baltimore Integration Partnership.

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• Minimal
education
• Basic
education
• Advanced
education
Workforce Development Strategies for Diverse Populations

12. Minimal Education
• Significantly less than
high school
• Strategies
– Supported employment
– Social enterprises
– Alternative staffing
organizations
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13. Basic Education
• High school diploma
• Strategies
– Linked learning
– Paid experience
– Bridge programs to
career and technical
education
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14. Advanced Education
• Some college or
vocational
• Strategies
– Biotechnical training
– Transferable skills
– Incumbent worker
development
Photo credit: BioTechnical Institute of Maryland Inc. 14

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• Expanding and sustaining a network
– One-­stop centers
– Dual-­customer approach
• Attracting high road employers
• Increasing regional access to jobs
– Baltimore Integration Partnership
– Baltimore Opportunity Collaborative
Strengthening Workforce Pipelines

16. ECONOMIC INCLUSION POLICIES AND PROGRESS
Photo credit: Baltimore Integration Partnership.

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• Overall development
• Equity ownership
• Organizational diversity
• Contracting
• Retail and business
• Developing a technical workforce
• Incubator and lab space for start-­ups
• Outreach
• Community reinvestment
2002 Minority Inclusion Agreement

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Economic Inclusion Policies and Progress: East Baltimore
Local and Targeted Hire Goals (Percentage)
2011 Goal 2013 Goal Actual
Commercial 15% local
23% Baltimore City
12% East Baltimore
28% Baltimore City
Residential 20% local
25% Baltimore City
12% East Baltimore
30% Baltimore City
Source: DPN group and Sage Policy Group Inc., March 2014.

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• San Francisco Local Hire Ordinance
– 50% local by 2017;; 25% disadvantaged
• Los Angeles CRA Construction Careers
– 30% targeted hire
• Boston Kroc Center
– 51% local;; 51% minority;; 15% women
• Missouri DOT Workforce Development
– 14.7% minority;; 6.9% women;; 20% on-­
the-­job trainees
Local and Targeted Hire: Benchmarks

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Economic Inclusion Policies and Progress: East Baltimore
Contracting and Procurement Goals (Percentage)
Source: DPN group and Sage Policy Group Inc., March 2014.
MBE
Goal
Actual
WBE
Goal
Actual
Local
Goal
Actual
Construction
27
35.7
8
6.7
20
32.4
Design,
architecture,
engineering
21
19.4
13
17.7
20
27.4
Professional
17
14.3
9
22.4
20
52.6

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• New Orleans Office of Supplier Diversity
– 35% DBE;; 50% local
• Los Angeles Alameda Corridor
– 22% DBE
• Boston Kroc Center
– 25% minority;; 10% women
Contracting and Procurement: Benchmarks

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• Supporting minority entrepreneurship and
business growth
– Starting new businesses (Neighborhood
Development Center, St. Paul;; adapted in
Detroit)
– Accelerating existing businesses
(NorTech, JumpStart Inc., Northeastern
Ohio)
– Anchor institutions (Penn local purchasing
in Philadelphia;; mayor’s initiative in New
Orleans)
Additional Goals Under Minority Inclusion Agreement:
Examples

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• Community reinvestment fund
– Missouri Department of Transportation
fund
– Port of Oakland Social Justice Trust Fund
– Portland Community Benefits Agreement
funds
Additional Goals Under Minority Inclusion Agreement:
Examples (cont.)

24. RECOMMENDATIONS
Photo credit: Baltimore Integration Partnership.

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• Collaborative leadership
• New resources
• Transparent and effective processes
• Innovations in programs
Themes

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• A guarantor for equity and inclusion
• A different kind of support system
• A partnership for workforce development
connecting neighborhood, city, region
Collaborative Leadership

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• Establish sustainable funding source
• Create community reinvestment fund
• Support minority-­owned businesses
New Resources

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• Revise the Minority Inclusion Agreement
• Align advance planning with economic
inclusion goals
• Increase transparency and strengthen
partnerships
Transparent and Effective Processes

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• Ensure job applicants are prepared to succeed
• Engage all types of employers
• Enhance education and training programs
Innovations in Programs

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East Baltimore Development Inc.

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City of New Orleans

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• At www.aecf.org:
– Expanding Economic Opportunity for Local
Residents and Business: www.aecf.org/
resources/expanding-­economic-­opportunity
• At www.policylink.org:
– Leveraging Anchor Institutions for Economic
Inclusion: www.policylink.org/find-­
resources/library/leveraging-­anchor-­
institutions-­for-­economic-­inclusion
– America’s Tomorrow newsletter:
www.policylink.org/focus-­areas/equitable-­
economy/americas-­tomorrow-­newsletters
• ebdi.org/economic_inclusion
Resources

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For additional information:
media@aecf.org
victor@policylink.org
cheryl.washington@ebdi.org
aggardere@nola.gov
Questions?

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