NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING, REVITALIZATION & REDEVELOPMENT

Home Town First!
How are self-reliant local communities created and preserved in a global age?  Why does it matter? Explore the impacts of absentee owners – particularly the world’s largest companies - on local communities, and learn how a new brand of economics and politics is empowering local people to regain control over their home towns.  It’s not only possible, it’s happening!
Presenter: Bridget Schwarz – Ridgefield, WA

Then & Now: Neighborhood Planning in Spokane
Neighborhood planning has been present in the City of Spokane over the past twenty years and while many of the complex issues and opportunities facing the city can be effectively addressed at a citywide level, others need more specific solutions. Neighborhood planning is an opportunity for citizens to shape the neighborhoods where they live, work, own property, or manage a business. The neighborhood planning process may address such issues as land use and zoning, transportation, and urban design issues. The goal of neighborhood planning is for diverse interests to come together and develop a shared vision for their community.
Presenters: Jo Anne Wright & Leroy Eadie – Spokane, WA
                                                                          
Market Street Revitalization: How Can $17 Million in Revitalization Happen at Once in One of Your Business Centers?
Neighborhood and business center revitalization is challenging to say the least, but pulling off the largest revitalization project takes unprecedented community, business and government coordination – Learn about the work done over the last two years: how ideas grew, how water and sewer services were included, how street trees and pedestrian lighting will enhance a neighborhood business center, how a business center project connects to a new state freeway and why community involvement is crucial to the project’s success
Presenter: Teri Cameron Stripes – Spokane, WA

Neighborhood Revitalization: Successful Strategies & Actions for East Central Spokane Neighborhood Renewal
The Community Colleges of Spokane and Eastern Washington University teamed with six community-based organizations to revitalize the East Central Neighborhood in Spokane, Washington, using community service-learning and community engagement of faculty, students, and community organizations, businesses and residents. The results have created a neighborhood plan, on-going business assessment and support, and strategic actions to address poverty and support neighborhood renewal.
Presenters: Rex Fuller & Dick Winchell – Spokane, WA

Identifying Underutilized Resources in Building Healthier Neighborhoods: A Hillyard, WA Case Study
Service-learning partnerships involving students and neighborhood residents accelerate change in the neighborhood. With such converging trends as oil and water scarcity, climate change and aging, finding a way to accelerate change is critical. This workshop, located in Spokane’s Hillyard neighborhood, will introduce participants to building service-learning partnerships and ways to best utilize the partnerships’ outcomes.
Presenters: Bob Scarfo & J.R. Sloan – Spokane, WA

Aging Gracefully: Creative City/Neighborhood Partnerships to Catalyze Reinvestment in Older Neighborhoods
City/community partnerships can be a powerful force in forging new directions and bringing new life to older neighborhoods. See how one city combined extensive citizen involvement and targeted service delivery to address needs, stimulate reinvestment and preserve the character of an older, at-risk neighborhood. (Based on Bellevue’s award-winning Neighborhood Investment Strategy)

Presenter: Cheryl Kuhn – Bellevue, WA