Community of Practice: Enhancing Capacity for Equitable Revitalization

Monday, April 3, 2023

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM CDT

Location: 119A

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Moderator and Speaker(s)

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Jessie Grogan

Associate Director of Reduced Poverty and Spatial Inequality
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Speaker(s)

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Raquel Capellan
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Rick Kavin
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Abdul-Kaba Abdullah
Lisa Hicks (she/her/hers)

Director of Development
City of Buffalo, New York, New York

Change makers in legacy cities who tackle some of today’s hardest challenges are often constrained by lack of capacity or access to resources. The Legacy Cities Community of Practice offers these cities – once at the center of some of America’s most historic achievements – access to tools for equitably and sustainably revitalizing communities.

The program provides access to research, resources, and a growing network of legacy-city leaders who exchange ideas and practices for advancing new policies. Presenters identify the value of an interdisciplinary, peer-supported approach to providing resources and solutions in areas that need it most. They share experiences from past and current programs to highlight how a focused approach to addressing the needs of specific neighborhoods – and making more effective change – is possible with access to adequate, tailored resources.

NPC Peer Reviewers assigned this presentation a learning level of Intermediate. For more on learning-level descriptions, visit our General Information Page.

Learning Objectives:

Develop a deeper understanding of why social equity should be at the forefront of revitalization efforts.
Identify the need for green strategies that can help reverse patterns of environmental inequity.
Recognize the value of building and sustaining relationships across sectors and geographies.