Urban Revitalization

Barriers and Solutions to Land Assembly for Infill Development
The report of an Urban Land Institute forum about “Barriers and Solutions to Land Assembly for Infill Development.” The report identifies and discusses significant public, regulatory, and market-based barriers to land assembly and infill development, and suggests strategies for overcoming them. 

The Future of Cities 
Explores the impact of the September 11 attacks on the future of cities. Where people will live, work, and play in the 21st century, and how to restore confidence in cities.

Urban Community Issues

Community Development Corporations Working with For-Profit Developers
Cosponsored with the National Congress for Community Economic Development (NCCED). Explores the potential for partnerships between CDCs and for-profit developers, including how for-profit developers and CDCs have collaborated;what each brings to this type of effort; good models of CDC/for-profit developer partnerships; lessons learned; and how ULI and NCCED can foster partnerships between CDCs and for-profit developers. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.