Louisville, KY SDAT
observations
physical context
CONTEXT
IMPEDIMENTS
OPPORTUNITIES
GOALS
growth
Long Term Physical Community Isolation >60 Years
• Race/Class Based Land Policy Planning• Post 1964 Civil Rights Statutory Equal
Access Legislation• Concentration of Special Needs Public
Investment• Private Sector Financial Disinvestment• No investment in physical Indicators that
community is part of the city
Long Term Psyche-Social Isolation>60 Years
• Inability of the Community to Control its Own Narrative, to Tell One’s Own Story
• Distorted Reporting About Crime • Middle Class Flight to “Better”
Neighborhoods with greater opportunity structures
Interventions
• Long Term– Some interventions will take long periods of
time to structure financially– Some interventions will take long periods to
have demonstrable and visible impacts• Short Term
– All long term interventions start with short term actions
Disinvested and Contested
15 Years of Investment
Short Term: Create Environment for Reinvestment
• Get National Trust for Historic Preservation- Preserving African American Heritage sites engaged in Mammoth Life Building (Brent Leggs) (6th and Ali)
• Use Historic Tax Credit Finance structure to convert upper floors Green Market Rate Residential & Renovate Bank Space
Short Term: Create Environment for Reinvestment
• Provide Portland (community like) street signs pointing direction and distance to Shawnee Park; African American Heritage Center; Ohio River; Historic churches on Ali (starting at 6th Street and Ali)
• Partner with University of Louisville to develop geo-located self guided cultural tour along Ali for mobile devices
Short Term: Create Environment for Reinvestment
• Provide street improvements from 6th Street along Ali to 18th Street– Historic period street lighting– Street furniture– Trees– Partner with Kentucky School of Art and University of Louisville to display
student outdoor art along Ali from 6th to African American Heritage Center
Short Term: Reprogram the African American Heritage Center
• Develop broader and deeper Community Partnerships & Uses (University of Louisville, Simmons College of Kentucky; Kentucky School of the Arts)– Rotating shared exhibit space for university affiliated, high school
affiliated and independent visual artist – On site teaching location for academic institutions with African American
History, Music and Theater programs. Both teaching and performances.
Short Term: Reprogram the African American Heritage Center
• Develop Weekday and Weekend Activity– Farmers Market One Weekday and on
Saturdays– Local Craft and Flee Market Saturday
Short Term: Reprogram the African American Heritage Center
• Bring in a Professional Event Manager
• 145,000 Events per Year World Wide• Owns/manages more than 150 venues across the US from
300 seats to 30,000 seats
Pre-development• Vision/strategies for area• Committed leadership/dedicated staff• Assess Economic Realities – Metro/Neighborhood • Barrier Removal: code constraints, infrastructure
impediments, access/transportation hurdles• Strategic site identification/assembly: friendly
hands• Factor life cycle costs (capital and operating) – set
sustainable targets/measures• Micro and Macro Impacts• Align Partners: public, private, non-profit
ROI
Nurture
Catalyze
Support
Feasibility Hurdle = Revenue > Costs
Area A
Area B
Area C
Public Role
Development Partnership “S” Curve
Development Feasibility
Choosing the $ tools
Economic/fiscal viability (revenue-generating capacity, stability and predictability, administrative ease, flexibility of use, etc.)
Fairness (e.g., who pays and who benefits?)
Political acceptabilit
y
Legality
Redevelopment Toolkit Options• Development Driven
• FAT (Fees/Assessments/Taxes)
• Leveraging Fed Funds
• Other People’s Money
• SMOs (Still More Options)
Development Driven• Tax Increment Financing (area based)• Development Bonuses• Transfer Development Rights• Impact Fees (sole source)
FAT• Special/Local Improvement Districts• Business Improvement Districts• Sales Tax Increases• Real Estate Transfer Tax
Leverage Federal Funds• Community Development Block Grant• HUD Section 108• FHA 221d4/3
Other People’s Money• Low Income Housing Tax Credits• Historic Tax Credits• New Markets Tax Credits• EB-5• Crowd Funding
Still More Options•Foundations/Corporate Investment•Housing Trust Funds (state/local) •Land bank•Tax Exempt Revenue Bonds•Property tax abatements
Dallas: Vickery Meadows• 3.7 acre library owned site• Mixed income, retail, clinic and library
Infill Mixed Use Financing Bundle• Library, mixed-income: TIF, 108, EB5,
LIHTC, 221d4, Ground Lease
change
RUSSELL ARTS AND CULTURE DISTRICT
Kentucky Center for African American Heritage River City Bank
18th S
treet
6th S
treet
9th S
treet
Old Walnut Street Park
Creative Placemaking Opportunities
13th S
treet
CREATIVE PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES: Festivals
Ali Boulevard Festivals
18th S
treet
6th S
treet
9th S
treet
13th S
treet
Heritage Performances
CREATIVE PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES: Street and Sidewalk Markings
18th S
treet
6th S
treet
9th S
treet
13th S
treet
Student achievement Gateway artYouth discovery and supportOutdoor art classes
CREATIVE PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES: Envision Russell Campaign
18th S
treet
6th S
treet
9th S
treet
13th S
treet
Gateway artYouth aspirationsI wish this was…Heritage discovery
CREATIVE PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES: Arts and Music
18th S
treet
6th S
treet
9th S
treet
13th S
treet
Oral HistoryFlea Markets
Sidewalk art galleriesHeritage discovery
CREATIVE PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES: Food
18th S
treet
6th S
treet
9th S
treet
13th S
treet
Flea MarketsCommunity gardensHeritage discovery
CREATIVE PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES: Russell History
18th S
treet
6th S
treet
9th S
treet
13th S
treet
Historic Preservation
Community history
Heritage discovery
CREATIVE PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES: Public Art
18th S
treet
6th S
treet
9th S
treet
13th S
treet
CONNECTINGTO 6TH STREET
Looking west on Muhammed Ali Boulevard at 6th StreetMammoth Life Insurance Building at left
Looking west on Muhammed Ali Boulevard across 9th Street
Looking west on Muhammed Ali Boulevard at S 17th St.Church of Our Merciful Savior
MIXED USE STREET
Looking west on Muhammed Ali Boulevard at S 18th StreetKentucky Center for African American Heritage
future
Russell St. Civic Infrastructure: 21st Century Working Groups/ Task Forces
• Housing/Lifestyle• Health and Education• Training and Capacity
Building• Science and
Technology• Planning, Zoning and
Development
• Workforce Development & Entrepreneurship
• Engagement & Communications
• Environment/Materials• Transportation/Parking• Metrics/Data/Evaluation• Human/Social Capital • External Relations
Characteristics of a Healthy Civic Culture
• Strive for win-win, not win-lose outcomes
• Agree on the “texts”: pre-, con-, sub-, post-
• Define the end-result first• Document disagreements• Train volunteer facilitators and
scribes• Manage ultra-democratic urges• Make consensus-based decisions• Focus on results, not effort • Collaborate, cooperate,
congratulate• Evaluate performance
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