1. Working with People & Places
Anchor Dashboard Learning Cohort Meeting
Baltimore, MD
May 19, 2015
Working with People & Places
Credit: City of Tampa
Sunaree Marshall, HUD Office of Economic Resilience

2. Being in the right place

3. Finding the right people
Credit: City of Tampa

4. Finding the right goal(s)
Credit: Alex Kuruz

5. Filling the right role
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6. Measuring the right progress
Credit: Steve Harris

7. SCI BACKGROUND
Est with the Partnership for Sustainable Communities
Community Challenge & Regional Planning Grant Programs
143 communities awarded grants in FY
$240 million in funding | additional $250 million leveraged
City-wide, neighborhood, corridor, and station area plans
Regional plans for sustainable development

8. SCI GRANTEES

9. The place
Source: City of New Orleans
Source: City of New Orleans

10. The place
Source: City of New Orleans
Source: City of New Orleans

11. The place
Source: City of New Orleans
Source: City of New Orleans

12. The people
Source: City of New Orleans

13. The people

14. “A disproportionate number of Claiborne Corridor residents live below the poverty level, are out of work, have no high school diploma, and are faced with limited access to quality jobs, transportation, and a safe place to live”
The people

15. 52%
More than half of all working-age African American men in the City of New Orleans did not have jobs.
4/10
Four out of every 10 black men were not in the labor market, meaning they were discouraged and stopped looking for work. 2x
The median wage of white men in New Orleans, $60,075, is nearly twice that of African American men, $31,018.
- Lindy Boggs National Center for Community Literacy at Loyola University and The Data Center 2013 report
The people

16. The goals

17. “As we continue to make New Orleans the city we’ve always dreamed of, we will not leave anyone behind.”
“Every New Orleanian should have the chance to get a good-paying job so they can provide for themselves and their family.”
Credit: Nola.com
- New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu
The goals

18. “$5 billion in current and future investment [in the Corridor]
“$5 billion in current and future investment [in the Corridor]. These investments will attract thousands of new jobs to the area”
The role
Source: Livable Claiborne Communities Initiative

19. The role

20. “My vision is that this becomes the natural way of our business community. That a business’ natural inclination is to train and hire their neighbors, as the city as a whole works to rebuild New Orleans’ middle class.”
Credit: City of New Orleans
- Ashleigh Gardere, Director of the Network for Economic Opportunity
The role

21. On WHAT?
Are Corridor residents benefiting from New Orleans’ economic growth?
Is housing affordable to residents of all income levels in the Corridor?
Can Corridor residents afford to maintain and pass on New Orleans’ Cultural Traditions?
Do Corridor residents have safe and reliable transportation options?
Are Corridor infrastructure and neighborhood revitalization efforts contributing to neighborhoods with a more sustainable environment?
Are Corridor Neighborhoods a safe place to raise a family and grow old?
The progress

22. % African American males that are hired from job training program
#cultural institutions in the Claiborne Corridor
$ invested by anchor institutions into The Claiborne Corridor
Crime rate
% of annual expenditures dedicated to purchasing from local businesses
Life expectancy of African American males
$ in affordable housing loans to promote home ownership
#/% of residents with increased consumption of healthy foods
The progress

23. Source: City of New Orleans