Re: CDC and resident capacity building program

["jrosenthall" <jrosenthall@email.msn.com>]

Don't sell community people short. Community people have been required to be
creative for years. Opportunity has been the problem. With the proper
resources, community people can make better decisions about their
surroundings than others. The government should act as a facilitator and
make opportunities available for community people to take advantage of all
the opportunities and challenges presented by brownfields redevelopment

----- Original Message -----
From: Emery Graham <"egraham"@ci.wilmington.de.us>
To: <cpeo-brownfields@igc.org>
Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: CDC and resident capacity building program


> Marty,
> It's tough enough to get good developers from our graduate and
undergraduate
> schools. What is it that makes you think that "community" people can be
taught
> to do land development? Do you perceive land development as a traditional
> "volunteer" activity? I'm confused. It has been one of the glaring
> downfalls of
> U.S. domestic development policy to expect that a large number of poor,
> uneducated, undisciplined community folk to do land development in the
> economically least desireable places for businesses to invest? This is the
> very
> same irony in that accompanies the poor's involvement in brownfields. Do
they
> have the money, the mind, the motivation to be effectively involved in the
> process? I don't think so.
>
> Emery
>
> Marty Johnson wrote:
>
> > Allison,
> > I am the President of a CDC in Trenton, NJ that also does environmental
> > work, including urban agriculture, environmental ed brownfield
redevelopment
> > and environmental health.  The reasons CDCs have stayed away from
brownfield
> > work also relates to the complexity, risk and time requirements to be
good
> > at it.
> > Development training can be found at the Development Training Institute
in
> > Baltimore, Pratt Insttitute in Brooklyn and U of New Hampshire CED
Masters
> > Program.
> > Martin Johnson
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Allison J. Tom <atom@scf-fs.usc.edu>
> > To: cpeo-brownfields@igc.org <cpeo-brownfields@igc.org>
> > Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 2:13 PM
> > Subject: CDC and resident capacity building program
> >
> > >
> > >I was wondering if folks could help direct me in identifying existing
> > >training programs or curriculum on real estate development of
brownfields
> > >for CDCs and residents of urban areas.
> > >
> > >In my work as a lender for job creation and economic development and
work
> > >with CDCs, it appears that the capacity of CDCs and residents to fully
and
> > >effectively participate in the remediation and redevelopment of
> > >brownfields is limited by their lack of understanding of real estate
> > >development and economic feasibility analysis.
> > >
> > >When I was working on my master's at USC, it appeared to me that CDCs
and
> > >their work w/residents were invaluable to the revitalization of
low-income
> > >blighted areas. Of course they have tended to be more eeffective in the
> > >affordable housing arena and less so in commercial/industrial
development
> > >area.  Howver, it seemed to me that there wasn't a formal training or
> > >program that taught community groups how to do commercial/industrial
> > >development very well, and in particular real estate development.
> > >
> > >I would appreciate anyone forwarding me contacts to follow up w/anyone
> > >implementing some sort of training, capacity building or
> > >community-readiness regarding real estate development.
> > >
> >
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> > >Allison J. Tom                                         atom@scf.usc.edu
> > >
> > >Doctoral Program in Planning and Development Studies   (213)362-9115wk
> > >School of Policy, Planning, and Development            (213)362-9119fx
> > >University of Southern California (USC)                (310)664-0325hm
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