ULI Community Action Grants Award Winners FY2011 Round 1 Recipients
ULI Arizona Livable Phoenix Initiative
In 2010, ULI Arizona, Arizona State University (ASU), the Phoenix Community Alliance, and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Phoenix formed the Livable Phoenix alliance to ensure that the public, private, and nonprofit sectors coordinate their investments to promote healthy, thriving communities along the new Metro light-rail system. The alliance was formed in response to the needs identified this past year by Mayor Phil Gordon and his team of fellows working with the ULI Daniel Rose Center for Public Leadership in Land Use. The mayor’s team of fellows, working with the Rose Center, determined that more site-specific analysis, economic development analysis, and policy implementation is needed in order to offer the best use and value for the public’s investment in the light-rail line. With the support of the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, the Livable Phoenix initiative will create a corridor plan and five district plans for light rail in Phoenix to encourage transit-oriented development. The Community Action Grant will fund five one-day Technical Assistance Panels (TAPs) and ongoing ULI Arizona support of outreach, education, and implementation programs for the alliance. The resulting information will allow Livable Phoenix to coordinate with stakeholders and partners to synchronize policies and build capacity for implementation.
The City in 2050: Creating Blueprints for Change in Columbus
ULI Columbus, in partnership with the city of Columbus, Franklin County, the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, and the Ohio State University (OSU) Knowlton School of Architecture, is engaging in a regional visioning initiative, “The City in 2050: Creating Blueprints for Change in Columbus,” with eight themes to explore strategic urban development issues in the central Ohio region. The Community Action Grant will fund research provided by senior-level students and faculty of the OSU Department of City and Regional Planning. The students and faculty will be using the ongoing strategic planning work of Columbus, Franklin County, and the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission for the 12-county central Ohio region. In January 2011, ULI Columbus will hold a kickoff program to launch the initiative. Following this program, faculty from the OSU Knowlton School of Architecture will help facilitate a World Café discussion, which will bring together 50 of the region’s leaders from both the public and private sectors for a daylong workshop to focus on questions about the future of cities and the changes needed to meet the future demands in the region. The results of this workshop and the work of the OSU students will be used to frame a series of eight public meetings beginning in March 2011 on each of “The City in 2050” themes. The information from the World Café discussion and the eight public meetings will be compiled in a publication titled The City in 2050: Creating Blueprints for Change in Columbus. Learn more about The City in 2050 Initiative.
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Regional Growth Tool Kit
In a collaborative effort with key partners, ULI South Carolina will create a Regional Growth Tool Kit to evaluate planned land use, housing, and infrastructure initiatives. This initiative is a next-step implementation activity that will further the work done at the 2007 Berkeley/Charleston/Dorchester Reality Check and the ULI South Carolina Sustainable Leadership Institute, and will recommend plans, policies, and implementation strategies to meet planning goals. The tools will foster cooperation and collaboration across all sectors to inform policy, promote best practices, and support better-informed infrastructure decision making. Ultimately, the initiative will establish measurable goals and benchmarks against which land use decisions are evaluated for a consistent regional planning approach. The Regional Growth Tool Kit will become a model that can be replicated by other regions in South Carolina, ULI district councils, and smart growth alliances across the country, and the tools will become a resource and assist in funding requests for planning and infrastructure through future sustainable communities grant offerings. Back to top