Community Engagement + Corridor Development Initiative = Results After a difficult development project review process, have you ever wished there was a better way? Now there is. Learn about the Corridor Development Initiative (CDI) in this interactive workshop. Discover how neighbors can guide redevelopment to reflect their community vision -- how developers can reduce the amount of time between submitting a proposal and breaking ground. Join LISC Twin Cities to see how CDI's hands-on, win-win approach moves potential TOD opportunity sites into actual projects. CDI has been replicated by the Chicago Metropolitan Planning Council and is being considered by the Denver Regional Council of Governments. Hear why CDI has become a best practice in the Twin Cities and whether it might be right for your organization. Gretchen Nicholls, Program Officer, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, St. Paul, Minnesota Barbara Raye, Director, Center for Planning, Policy and Performance, St. Paul, Minnesota Yonah Freemark, Project Manager, Metropolitan Planning Council, Chicago, Illinois Ashley Kaade, AICP, Planner II, Stakeholder Engagement, Denver Regional Council of Governments, Denver, Colorado

1. Providing a framework for higher density affordable housing and mixed-use development
along transportation corridors
Gretchen Nicholls –Twin Cities LISC
Corridor Development Initiative

4. Panel Presenters
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Barbara Raye–Twin Cities CDI Tech Team (Center for Policy Planning and Performance)
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Yonah Freemark–Chicago Metropolitan Planning Coucil
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Ashley Kaade–Denver Regional Council of Governments

5. CDI Block Exercise
Katie Thering –CDI Block Exercise Coordinator
Miranda Walker (Aeon) & Bill Beard (The Beard Group) –Financial Analysis
Table facilitators and sketchers

6. An interactive exercise for community members to explore different development options and find out if the are financially viable.
Block Exercise: What it is

7. Corridor Development Initiative Community Workshops:
Workshop I
Gathering
Information
Workshop II
Block Exercise
Workshop IV
Framing the Recommendations
Workshop III
Developer Panel

8. CDI Technical Team
Coordination
Facilitation
Development
Design

9. Proactive Planning
Production
Partnerships

10. Twin Cities LISC
Corridor Development Initiative
Barbara Raye
Center for Policy Planning and Performance
Rail-Volution Conference
September 23, 2014

11. Goals and Outcomes
1. Connect higher density housing and jobs to transportation corridors
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links vision with market realities
2. Energize collaborative planning among neighborhoods, city, and county partners
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Build relationships
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Align planning efforts
3. Production of new development along corridors
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Meets city goals and neighborhood interests
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Integrates affordable housing options
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Physically enhance neighborhoods

12. CDI Principles
StoppingCo-Creation
Community members:
* Set the stage for future development
* Become wiser consumers of development
* Become partners with redevelopment efforts

13. Greater Efficiency & Better Outcomes
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Development that better meets community needs / expectations
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Greater community support
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Community has relationship with development, can be allies / advocates for the project
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City / Government has tool for RFP or site plan review in advance of proposal
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Quicker process of plan review –fewer surprises –less resistance

14. Critical Elements
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Discuss community values / concerns
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Experience of building to values framework: learn considerations, costs, trade-offs, etc.
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Expand viewpoint –learn from other perspectives
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Articulate values and goals

15. Benefits
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More knowledgeable about development
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Accommodate diverse opinions through listening / dialogue / collaboration
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Identify how investments can benefit broader community
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Government reflects community desires –gains confidence / trust of voters
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Developer has a positive start –avoids pitfalls and knows key issues in advance
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Development has long term support from community and meets genuine community needs
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Residents experience positive process for influence and have new mindset about citizenship

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Communities are not classrooms
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Experts on tap, not experts on top
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Translate terminology
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Change is natural evolution of past and future
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Ground discussion in shared values
Lessons Learned

17. Lessons Learned(continued)
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Connect vision with financial realities
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Strengthen design and development literacy
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Use local images
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Neutral facilitator essential

18. Conclusion
“The Corridor Development Initiative provides a great education to community members, makes visions more concrete, increases comfort with housing options and provides a venue for community members to work together to identify their goals.”
Amy Sparks, St. Anthony Park Community
“The Corridor Development Initiative gets residents meaningfully engaged in shaping the future of their neighborhoods. Any community looking for a new way to resolve controversial neighborhood redevelopment and infill issues should consider using this as a model,”
APA Awards Jury Chair
Carol Rhea.

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Non-profit, public agency dedicated
to serving local governments
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Local officials working together to
address the region’s challenges
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Each community has a voice in regional
decision making
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Program areas:
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Advocacy-Regional growth and development
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Aging Services-Shared services
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Environment-Transportation and traffic operation

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Sustainable Communities Initiative (SCI)
-Build out of FasTracks
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Metro Vision 2040

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Commitment to stakeholder engagement

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Metro Vision
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Urban Centers
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Infill development and redevelopment

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Infill and redevelopment desired and critical
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Challenges and barriers
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Strategic coordination between the
public and private sector is necessary
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A clear vision with planning policies
that support the vision are important

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Sites that have had extensive planning and outreach are most attractive to developers
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Issues arise when major site considerations have not yet been vetted through the political process (e.g., utilities, roadway access, station integration)

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SCI Catalytic Projects
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Metro Vision 2040
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Infill Feasibility Plans
Photo credit: PlaceMatters

38. Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG)
Ashley J. Kaade, AICP
Planner II: Stakeholder Engagement
akaade@drcog.org
303-480-6781
website: www.drcog.org

39. Sign up to bring theCorridor Development Initiativeto YOUR community
Gretchen Nicholls, Twin Cities LISC
gnicholls@lisc.org
651-265-2280
www.tclisc.org/twin_cities/grants_loans/corridor.php