ULI Community Catalyst Reports are intended to make the findings and recommendations of ULI land use policy forums relevant—accessible to and useful for practitioners at the community level where land use decisions are made and their consequences most directly felt. Community Catalyst Reports can be downloaded free of charge from ULI’s Web site here or ordered in bulk at a nominal cost from ULI’s bookstore (800-321-5011; www.uli.org/bookstore).

Marketing, Managing, and Maintaining Mixed-Income Communities
Community Catalyst Report Number 8—The 2008 Shaw Forum engaged participants to describe the components for success in managing and maintaining mixed-income housing. The discussion tended to be oriented toward mixed-income rental units, with less discussion about matters specific to owner-occupied mixed-income housing.

Environmentally Sustainable Affordable Housing
Community Catalyst Report Number 7—Based on a forum of experts and practitioners, this report examines the challenges to the widespread implementation of green building practices and provides recommendations to make it easier and more cost-efficient for both for-profit and not-for-profit developers to build affordable housing that is environmentally sustainable. Green affordable housing projects in Washington, D.C., southern California, Seattle, and New York City are profiled.

Compact Development: Changing the Rules to Make It Happen 
Community Catalyst Report Number 6—In June of 2006, ULI–the Urban Land Institute and NMHC–the National Multi Housing Council held four forums on compact development and ways in which communities can update their development regulations to encourage compact development in appropriate locations. Billed as “Compact Development: Building a Better Toolkit” and held in four cities—Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Fort Lauderdale, and Atlanta—these forums elicited an extraordinary response. Record numbers of invitees accepted the invitation and contributed many valuable thoughts and much information, which we have tried to capture in this report. 

Managing Gentrification 
Community Catalyst Report Number 5—Participants in the 2006 ULI/Charles H. Shaw Forum on Urban Community Issues considered the many ramifications of gentrification and its relationship not only to housing but also to jobs, transportation, and education. They agreed that gentrification can be anticipated and managed—with careful planning and community involvement, strategic public policy, and informed local leaders and developers. 

Parks, People, and Places: Making Parks Accessible to the Community
Community Catalyst Report Number 4—Participants in the 2005 ULI/Charles H. Shaw Forum on Urban Community Issues examined many strategies for successful parks, considered how to make parks accessible to the community, and identified a number of essential principles for parks, people, and places. 

Best Practices in the Production of Affordable Housing 
Community Catalyst Report Number 3—Best Practices in Producing Affordable Housing, a ULI/Fannie Mae Foundation Policy Forum held in Washington, D.C., on March 29 and 30, 2005, was sponsored by the Fannie Mae Foundation to identify and explore current best practices and learn from companies that are doing an exemplary job of providing affordable housing. In addition, the two-day forum sought to identify the major barriers to the production of such housing. The ultimate goal is a systems change that facilitates the production of affordable housing on a broader scale. 

Translating a Regional Vision into Action
Community Catalyst Report Number 2—At the ULI policy forum held on March 8, 2005, participants examined several case studies and distilled the lessons learned into ten broad principles for visioning implementation success. Specific recommendations were then developed in five topic areas: funding; leadership; tools and technical assistance; communications and media; and documentation and dissemination of best practices. While these recommendations are not exhaustive, they do represent the latest thinking of the experts assembled at the forum and offer a variety of new ideas for visioning implementation practitioners. 

Involving the Community in Neighborhood Planning 
Community Catalyst Report Number 1—Neighborhood planning on a comprehensive level can help residents and business owners identify their community’s priorities, plan for the long term, and ensure the consistency of their community’s goals with those of the larger city. Participants at the 2004 ULI/Charles H. Shaw Forum on Urban Community Issues (September 22–23, 2004) identified seven key principles for successful collaborative neighborhood planning and reviewed some examples of neighborhood planning practice.