1. The Impacts of Gentrification on Gentrified Neighborhoods
Is gentrification really beneficial for neighborhoods and their residents?
By: Kayla Benito (Teacher Prep.) - Economics,
Haley Bersche (Health Kinesiology) - Geography, Mary McFarland (History) - Urban Studies,
and Sam Koepenick (Communication Studies) - Political Science
Dr. Augsburg LS
April 29th, 2013

2. Bayview-Hunter's Point Town Hall Meeting
Welcome to
Bayview-Hunter's Point Town Hall Meeting
April 29th, 2013

3. Lennar Corporation

4. Gentrification - Urban Renaissance
- Urban Revitalization, Regeneration, Redevelopment,
Renewal
- Social Mixing
Or,
- Class Segregation
- (Forced) Displacement
- Political Displacement
- "Double-Movement" Theory
- Racial Polarization

5. Gentrification Through an Economic Lens
Urban Renewal
Spatial Equilibrium
Endogenous gentrification
Housing Price Dynamics
Kayla Benito

6. Endogenous Gentrification Housing price dynamics
Urban renewal
Anacostia, Washington
Montreal Expos
Stadium
Spatial equilibrium
Portland, Oregon
Endogenous Gentrification
Housing price dynamics

7. Geography
Haley
Gentrification Through a Geographical Lens

8. Effects of Displacement in the United States
*Wealthy families are moving to the suburbs while poor families neighborhoods are being taken over by corporations and businesses

9. More Effects of Displacement in the United States
* Gentrification Effects Many Citizens
For Example:
*Food Sources
*Education
*Transportation
* Loss of Homes
*Loss of Jobs
*High and Low Wage Workers Forced to
Move With Price Increase
Nancy Mirabal: Gentrification and the displacement of Latina and Latino's in San Franciscos Mission District.
Peter Nelson:
*Gentrification and Migration
*Globalization and Mobility

10. The Geographical Effects of Gentrification on a Community
* The only way to make a sense of community is to participate in it.
*Tony Robinson: Scholar from University of Colorado
Geography Effects the Physical Sense of a Community

11. Why are Urban Neighborhoods Good Locations for many Companies?
*Neil Smith
* Companies want to
build on cheap land
* Companies want to make a profit
*Cheap residential homes can be increased to make more money

12. The Effects of Gentrification on Communities
The issue of gentrification through an Urban Studies Lens.
Mary McFarland

13. Wishful Thinking - "Trickle down effect"
- Greater economic and housing opportunities
- "Social mixing"
- A more diverse and tolerant city
- Enhanced "livability"
- Increased social capital and social cohesion
- New community role models
- "New Urbanism"
- Overall increased quality of life

14. Reality - Increased segregation
- Assimilation (social engineering, social cleansing)
- Displacement
- Increased housing costs
- Decreased economic self-sufficiency
- Disrupted social capital
- Loss of jobs

15. The Impacts of Gentrification on Voter Turnout
Gentrification as a Contextual Effect
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
Mobilization vs. Destabilization
Results, Conclusions, Insights?
- What does the case study of Atlanta's Voter Turnout teach us about political participation in gentrified neighborhoods?

16. Gentrification and Public Policy
Karl Polanyi's "Double-Movement" Theory
- How does Bernt's case study of Harlem fit into Polanyi's theory?
Bernt's definition:
"A dynamic process of embedding, dis-embedding, and re-embedding land into market systems and institutional structures." (Bernt 3058)

17. Political Players, Agencies, Organizations, and the State
Interdisciplinary Response:
Non-Profit Community Development Corporations
Role of the State
Community Organizations
Balance of Private and Public Investments
Call to Action for Affordable Housing, "Sustainable Development," Political Representation

18. Lennar Project De-Brief
- The exercise performed at the beginning of our presentation was strategically constructed to put students in the position of victims of gentrification.
- Many neighborhoods lack the access to political, social, and economic resources that are essential for developing an awareness of the issues surrounding their communities.

19. Where Do We Go From Here?
* Community Organization and Political Participation
"policy can be used to drive gentrification, to
modify gentrification and, theoretically, to
stop gentrification (Shaw, 2008, p. 2637)." - Kate Shaw
* Addressing economic and social concerns through local politics requires an interdisciplinary model for community development