CBANA School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy The University of Memphis Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action Phyllis Betts, PhD Director

CBANA Research and Outreach  Research on neighborhoods, housing, and quality of life  Researcher-practitioner collaboration  Community-based participatory research  Transforming information into actionable knowledge  Data-driven strategies and interventions for change  Technical assistance and evaluation  Community-based student internships

Signature Programs  Community and Neighborhood Indicators  Neighborhood Inventory/ Problem Properties Audit  Asset Mapping  Community Profiles  Comprehensive Community Initiatives  Toward an annual Quality of Life Survey

Community and Neighborhood Indicators  To measure and analyze change, opportunities, and challenges within neighborhoods and other geographic units or demographic groups  general demographics  housing and neighborhoods  education  income and employment  families and children  community safety  health  economic development  culture/environmental amenities  social capital

Community and Neighborhood Indicators  Based on the National Neighborhood Indicators and National Infrastructure for Community Statistics models  In partnership with the US Bureau of the Census for the Data FERRETT pilot project  Linked with the University of Memphis Shared Urban Data System (SUDS)  Supported by The Urban Child Institute and other local partners and sponsors

Neighborhood Inventory and Problem Properties Audit  Documentation of structural and environmental conditions in residential neighborhoods, apartment complexes, and commercial areas  Analysis of ownership patterns  Housing market trends  Research on foreclosures and tax delinquencies

Neighborhood Inventory  Projects in College Park/Soulsville, Uptown, University Park/Peabody-Vance, Frayser, New Chicago, Binghamton, University District, and Hickory Hill  Data collection methodology, database, and mapping protocol adaptable for city-wide use  Supported by City of Memphis

Asset Mapping  Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Model  Identifies neighborhood strengths as focal point for revitalization  Uses geo-coding (GIS) mapping technology to present assets in relation to one another and city-wide amenities  May be combined with re-imaging technology to demonstrate visual impact of alternative redevelopment choices  May be packaged for web-based and other visual marketing presentations  Supported by Fannie Mae Foundation for Soulsville

Community Profiles  Analytical reports for problem solving and planning in designated neighborhoods  Includes Neighborhood Inventory, Neighborhood Indicators, and Asset Mapping  May support Comprehensive Community Initiatives

Comprehensive Community Initiatives  Collaborative strategies involving residents, business and other institutional stakeholders, researchers and policymakers  Emphasis on neighborhood stabilization, revitalization, and re-imaging  Program and policy interventions, technical assistance, and staff development

Comprehensive Community Initiatives  From information to actionable knowledge  Data-driven interventions  Community organizing  Place management for rental properties  Nuisance abatement  Housing revitalization  Community safety  Investing in human capital  Commercial stabilization/economic development

Special Projects  HOPE VI impact evaluation in College Park, Uptown, University Park  Comprehensive Community Initiative in Southeast Memphis  Neighborhood Housing Markets Modeling with the Brookings Institution in Hickory Hill and Soulsville  Research on bankruptcy and foreclosure with the Memphis DEBTS Collaborative, HUD, and the Bankruptcy Court for West Tennessee  Research and training for community-based anti-blight strategies with the Problem Properties Collaborative and the Joint City-County Problem Properties Taskforce