Equitable Development: TOD in a Distressed Economy Equitable development starts with a commitment to robust community engagement, continues with strategic public investments to "prime the pump," and ends with development that meets community needs and allows investors to make a buck or two. Learn how public and private partners can work together to lay the groundwork to finance and deliver TOD in the face of a distressed local development market. In Minneapolis: A community along a future BRT corridor plans for future investments in transportation, economic development, housing and placemaking. In Pittsburgh: A diverse community adjacent to a busway station attracts public and private investments for a successful project. In Phoenix, nonprofits working together to ready publicly-owned property for development and create a loan program to bring affordable and market rate residential mixed use to the light rail. Moderator: Melinda Pollack, Vice President, Enterprise Community Partners, Denver, Colorado Daniel Klocke, Downtown Phoenix CDC, Phoenix, Arizona Patricia Fitzgerald, Economic and Community Development Division Manager, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Minnesota Ernie Hogan, Executive Director, Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1. Penn Avenue Community Works: Laying the groundwork for change along a BRT corridor Patricia Fitzgerald Economic and Community Development Manager Hennepin County Rail~Volution September 23, 2014

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$883 million
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Property values
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The context

4. Hennepin County Community Works
“Perhaps no American county has recently been as innovative and ambitious as Minnesota’s Hennepin County... Community Works has significantly transformed portions of the county through major housing, transportation, parks, and environmental restoration investments."
- Judith Martin and Justin Jacobson, “A County and its Cities: the Impact
of Hennepin Community Works,” Journal of Urban Affairs 30 (2008).

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Penn BRT: Stations for a Rail-Like Experience
Brooklyn Center Transit Center
Xerxes & 56th
Osseo & Hwy 100
Osseo & 47th
Penn & 43rd
Penn & Dowling
Penn & 36th
Penn & Lowry
Penn & West Broadway
Penn & Golden Valley
Penn & Plymouth
Osseo & 51st
PRELIMINARY
Concept Plan Version 1.3
Updated August 27, 2014
Coming Soon
to the
Penn Avenue
Corridor

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Interagency partnership
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Strong leadership from elected officials
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Holistic approach with focus: BRT, roadway enhancements, coordinated development and placemaking
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Commitment to collaborate with the community
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Authentic engagement and relationship building BEFORE launching the planning process
First steps

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Understand the assets

9. Creative CityMaking
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CREATIVE CITYMAKING
A partnership with Intermedia Arts and City of Minneapolis
Engagement design by artists Wing Young Huie and Ashley Hanson

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Engagement design and photos by Wing Young Huie and Ashley Hanson

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Different methods,
Different mindset

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“Keep the focus on the people”
“Don’t sell the Northside short”
“Develop a framework for equity”
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Increase opportunity/improve the area without displacement
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Ensure the community benefits from investments and change
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Ensure value accrues to the community, not just outside investors
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Make sure burdens and benefits are equitably distributed
Conditions for success

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Commons at Penn Avenue, Building Blocks, Inc.
Broadway Flats, Broadway Flats, LLP
Take the long-view, but deliver early results

14. Early Results
Community garden at 36th and Penn
Play on Penn Summer Series

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Play on Penn pic – food truck with long line
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Placemaking and demonstrating market potential
Placemaking design and programming by The Musicant Group and SilverCocoon

16. For more information:
www.hennepin.us/penn
patricia.fitzgerald@hennepin.mn.us