1. Turning the Corner Monitoring Neighborhood Change to Drive Action
Hi NNIPers!
Happy to close out with details of a new cross-site project. Today I’ll talking about:
Turning the Corner Project, launched in January 2016 Namely - The work we’ve done so far and how you can get involved
Turning the Corner
Monitoring Neighborhood Change to Drive Action
Maia Woluchem
April 2016

2. What is this all about?
Pilots a research model that monitors neighborhood change
Spillover effects:
Driving informed government action
Supporting displacement prevention
Promoting inclusive revitalization
Good question!
This project pilots a research model that will:
Monitor neighborhood change in selected sites
Drive informed government action
Support displacement prevention
Promote inclusive revitalization

3. Partners
Through the combined efforts of NNIP, The Funders Network’s Federal Reserve-Philanthropy Initiative, the Kresge Foundation, and Data Driven Detroit
Kresge
is funding the national role (UI) and is advising as we work through Phase I with Detroit
Federal Reserve-Philanthropy Initiative
is a project of the Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities. This project emerged from discussions with FPI. Moving forward they’ll link this project to other philanthropic and Federal Reserve audiences to engage funders in potential participating cities
Urban –
Leading project design activities. In later phases, we’ll facilitate peer learning, communicate local progress and synthesize experience
Data Driven Detroit – participating in the research design, implementing the local research and communications.
Detroit is the first city to participate and they are securing the last funding to support their local work

4. But why? Post-recession v. pre-recession housing markets
New opportunities as neighborhoods in post-industrial cities see the fruits of investments
Today the housing market in low-income neighborhoods looks very different from those in the pre-recession research. Post-boom times have ushered in a different lending and investment environment:
In some neighborhoods where public and private investment has taken root, the community has the opportunity to be involved in its own development and craft more proactive and equitable neighborhood revitalization strategies

5. How does it happen? At the least, the big three: Data
Effective communication
Solid understanding of the dynamics of neighborhood change
Mechanism to facilitate exchange across national institutions and localities
With a lot of hard work, but among many things - certainly not without
data,
effective communication between residents and public and private stakeholders and a
solid understanding of the dynamics of neighborhood change
we also need a mechanism to facilitate exchange between national institutions and the localities taking on this work in both research and in practice everyday – that’s where this project comes in.

6. What we hope to accomplish
Develop holistic metrics
Facilitate community conversations
Advance the state of the field
Share strategies
Produce protocols and methodology
Develop holistic metrics for a broad and also deep understanding of neighborhood dynamics –
particularly post-recession and in neighborhoods that are at risk of becoming unaffordable
Facilitate conversations – foster the environment that allows for data and analysis and creative policymaking to meet to build and restore equitable neighborhoods
Advance the state of the field –
Share strategies from different cities that experience a wide range of strengths economically or in their housing market
Also incorporate lessons from other partners working in this area
Produce protocols and methodology to monitor neighborhood revitalization

7. What we hope to accomplish
Develop holistic metrics
Facilitate community conversations
Advance the state of the field
Share strategies
Produce protocols and methodology
Develop holistic metrics for a broad and also deep understanding of neighborhood dynamics –
particularly post-recession and in neighborhoods that are at risk of becoming unaffordable
Facilitate conversations – foster the environment that allows for data and analysis and creative policymaking to meet to build and restore equitable neighborhoods
Advance the state of the field –
Share strategies from different cities that experience a wide range of strengths economically or in their housing market
Also incorporate lessons from other partners working in this area
Produce protocols and methodology to monitor neighborhood revitalization

8. Key Design Elements Qualitative and quantitative data collection
Topical exploration of various types of displacement
Practical application of research through advisory committee and communications
Over two years, we’ll provide a framework for local research and engagement adapted to each local context
Each of them will share –
Data collection – intended to capture various perspectives including residents, private and public stakeholders as well as provide indicators of the change that’s happening on the ground across different sectors
Topical exploration of various types of displacement including but not limited to residential displacement, cultural displacement and commercial displacement
Practical application of research through local advisory groups –
They’ll ensure that the analysis is relevant to pressing program and policy questions

9. Key Design Elements Qualitative and quantitative data collection
Topical exploration of various types of displacement
Practical application of research through advisory committee and communications
Over two years, we’ll provide a framework for local research and engagement adapted to each local context
Each of them will share –
Data collection – intended to capture various perspectives including residents, private and public stakeholders as well as provide indicators of the change that’s happening on the ground across different sectors
Topical exploration of various types of displacement including but not limited to residential displacement, cultural displacement and commercial displacement
Practical application of research through local advisory groups –
They’ll ensure that the analysis is relevant to pressing program and policy questions

10. Key Design Elements Qualitative and quantitative data collection
Topical exploration of various types of displacement
Practical application of research through advisory committee
Over two years, we’ll provide a framework for local research and engagement adapted to each local context
Each of them will share –
Data collection – intended to capture various perspectives including residents, private and public stakeholders as well as provide indicators of the change that’s happening on the ground across different sectors
Topical exploration of various types of displacement including but not limited to residential displacement, cultural displacement and commercial displacement
Practical application of research through local advisory groups –
They’ll ensure that the analysis is relevant to pressing program and policy questions

11. January – June 2016 Project Design
Practice and literature review
Developing research guidance and protocols
Many of you may have been at the camp session Kathy and Erica of D3 hosted last conference – some unofficial practice review. And thank you to those who responded via Google as well, your responses were very helpful.
We’ll be adding that to a comprehensive lit review that will be looking at the characteristics of displacement and the drivers of revitalization, among other things
Developing our research design further over the next few months

12. June 2016 – May 2017 Local Implementation
Plan and implement engagement process
Local data collection
Share local progress and early lessons
This is the part where local sites come in!
Sites will begin to plan their engagement for and with local stakeholders
Conduct data collection
Urban will start sharing local progress and early lessons

13. June 2017 – December 2017 Cross-Site Summary & Dissemination
Synthesize lessons and experiences
Disseminate to local and national audiences.
UI takes the lead! Synthesizing lessons and experiences from each of the participating sites
Disseminate to local and national audiences (both a local site and a NNIP endeavor)

14. So how do you get involved?
Participants from post-industrial cities
Research partner
Local funders
Local advisory group
Participation by regional Federal Reserve Banks
Contribute to review of practice, informal sharing
Important to note that this project will be working in selected post-industrial cities, as we’ll be focusing particularly on the dynamics of recovering markets.
IMPT:  Detroit is the first city to participate and we actively seek local interest and sponsorship from additional cities. Local work is funded by local funders - FPI may be able to help with this (note from KP: don’t want to overpromise)
Local advisory group – is imperative to have an appropriate group of advisors from a variety of stakeholders to make this as inclusive as possible. Many researchers at regional banks working on this.
Contribute to review of practice – if you are working on a related project, please send a paragraph describing the work and we’ll follow up. (Maybe mention camp session
Informal sharing – as we get farther, we’ll share progress along the way through the google groups, meetings.

15. For more info Kathy Pettit Maia Woluchem kpettit@urban.org