Title: East Liberty Planning and Strategic Development
1East Liberty Planning and Strategic Development
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3The Gilded Age
- The Nations Wealthiest Suburb
- Pittsburghs Rodeo Drive
4East Liberty in its Heyday
51940-1960 3rd Largest Commercial Center in PA
6What Does Losing 1 Million Square Feet Look Like?
7Urban Renewal Infrastructure Alterations
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12Urban RenewalEnd Results
While the project was founded on good intentions,
ultimately it did little more than to
- facilitate traffic around, not through the
neighborhood,
- create roughly 1,000 units of poorly-managed very
low income housing in the commercial district,
- create huge pedestrian disconnects (highway,
parking fields)from stable surrounding
neighborhoods,
- leave the city, or one of its authorities, owning
large tracts of land off the main street (the
parking fields).
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14Disinvestment
15Defensive Architecture
16A Few Statistics About Our Neighborhood (2000
Census)
- 84 of Population is Below Median Income
- 80 of Units in Neighborhood are Rental
- Twice as many Section 8 Vouchers as any other
Neighborhood in Pittsburgh - Only 6 Units For Sale in all of 2000
- 12 Abandoned
- 95 of housing is over 30 years old.
- 20 hasnt been upgraded since 1939.
17Crossroads of Wealth and Poverty
18Community Plan
19Contents of the first Community Plan
- Introduction and Highlights
- Community Profile
- Planning Process
- A Vision for East Liberty
- Implementation Strategies
- Community Empowerment
20Task Forces create goals and principles for the
firstCommunity Plan
- Task Forces
- Business and Economic Development
- Physical Environment and Image
- Social Services and Public Safety
- Housing
Goals and Principles
21Goals and principles guide action steps for the
first Community Plan
- Principles
- Revitalization principles
- Commercial development principles
- Residential development principles
- Economic development principles
- Human development principles
Action Steps
22Task Forces reconvened in 2003
HOUSING, NEIGHBORHOOD MAINTENANCE IFRASTRUCTURE
EDUCATION YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY SAFETY, HEALTH RECREATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Task Forces identified issues and suggested
action items that will form the starting points
for todays Task Forces
23Todays Task Forces
1. Safe Neighborhoods 2. Housing 3. Youth
Engagement 4. Workforce
2003 Task Forces continued and expanded based
on feedback 55 surveys from Community Meeting
1 identifying priorities Community stakeholder
feedback (block associations, service provider
meetings, meetings with resident
councils) Emails, phone calls, public meeting
notes/records
5. Small Business 6. Commercial Core
Planning 7. Parks and Recreation 8. Healthy
Community Members
24Todays Community Plan process
- Sept/Oct
- Task Force
- Meeting 1
- Problems,
- Issues
July/Aug Task forces Defined and Recruitment Refi
nement begins From surveys, emails, phone calls,
blog postings, previous task forces
September Community Meeting 2 Recruitment
continues, Strategy outlined and timeline laid
out
June Community Meeting 1 Introduction Info
gathering Valuable Lessons learned
Nov/Dec Task Force Meeting 3 Goals,
Principles, Action Plans
Oct/Nov Task Force Meeting 2 Solutions, Out of
the box solutions
January Community Meeting 3 Task Forces report
back
February Community Plan Released Wide
distribution
Task Forces
- Commercial Core Master Planning
- Safe Neighborhoods
- Housing
- Small Businesses
- Youth Engagement
- Parks and Recreation
- Workforce
- Community Member Health
25Task Force Meetings
- Meeting 1
- Sept/Oct
- Issues
Meeting 2 Oct/Nov Solutions Out of the box
solutions
Meeting 3 Nov/Dec Goals Principles Action Plans
More than 3 meetings may be necessary for some
Task Forces. That is ok! An aligned vision and
action plans are the most important outcomes.
26Your Community Plan
1999
Today
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27So what did we accomplish?
- Since September
- Over 35 community task force meetings with
attendance ranging from 3 to 34 people at each
one - Five different neighborhood locations
- Over 180 people participating in task forces and
even more in larger community meetings - Over 30 cans of salsa, 90 bags of chips, and
roughly 4,000 cookies
28Strategic Partnerships and Planning 99 04
- Community Plan
- Market Study
- East End Growth Fund
- Streetworks Master Plan
- Commercial Core Design Guidelines
- Town Square Plan
- Site Acquisition Plan
- Begin Corridor Plans
29East Liberty Vision Plan
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32Why the need for a targeted investment?
- Provides ability to demonstrate impact.
- Provides opportunity to support and compliment
existing LISC investments.
Why the focus on commercial development?
- Deals tend to be large-scale and provide
opportunity for community development
corporations to share in economic gain - By their very nature, commercial projects
generate jobs and employment opportunities for
local communities.
Why the East End?
- Convergence of public infrastructure improvements
and private development both commercial and
residential - Support of existing LISC investment in the
community
33How would the Growth Fund operate?
34Types of Growth Fund investments.
35Town Square
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40Eastside
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50New Pennley Place
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55839 Mellon Street
56813, 815 817 Mellon Street
800 Block of Mellon Street
57817 Mellon Street
- Abandoned in 1994, Targeted by HPCDC
- PHFA NRI Program funding
- Historically Renovated in 2006
- Featured on HGTV in July
- 3 Blocks from Stable Highland Park Market
- Sold to Homeowners for 225,000
58MARKET DRIVING CHANGE
SALES
- 817 Mellon for 225,000
- 815 Mellon for 220,000
- 813 Mellon for 217,900
- 807 Mellon for 306,000
- 923 Negley Unit C for 177,000
- 923 Negley Unit B for 172,000
- New Private rehab for resale Market
- 828 Mellon 45,000
- 907 Mellon 26,000
RENTS
- Sutherland is 100 Rented
- High Rent is 900 / Month
- New Market on 800 Mellon
59700 Mellon Rowhouses
60700 Mellon Scattered Site Project
61Development Driving Change
- 800 Mellon Spin-Off Investments
- 5625 Jackson by Chandler Family for Restoration
- 5633 Jackson by David Weiland, successful
Renovation - 931 Negley, by Sider-Rose family for Conversion
to Homeownership - 5506 Baywood Investor renovation sold 250,000
- 5503 Baywood Investor rehab for resale underway
- 5435 Stanton Investor rehab for resale underway
- 700 Mellon Spin-Off Investments
- 608 Mellon by Courtney Erlichman for Restoration
- 519 Mellon by Eric Jester for Restoration
- 611 Euclid by Ezekiel Paena for Restoration
- 709 N. Euclid by Colin Carrier for Restoration
62Sojourner MOMS
63Whats happening now
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65Penn Manor
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68Liberty Park, Phase 1
69Elm Street Program at Work Greening our Streets
70Elm Street - Bridge the Divide
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75Eastside 3 TOD
76Eastside 3 Transit Center
77Whats on Deck
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79Montrose Exchange
Whats on Deck
806000 Block of Penn
Whats on Deck
81Carnegie Library
82East Liberty Development Residential Development
Program
83Coordinated Developments
- Building blocks for a mixed income community
- Affordable rental housing
- Supportive rental housing
- Market Rate rental housing
- Assistance for existing homeowners
- Affordable for sale homes
- Market rate for sale homes
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85Dads House Safe Haven
- Permanent Supportive Housing
- 10 units Homeless Fathers with Children
- 5 units Homeless Men
- ELDI Partnership with East End Cooperative
Ministry - 1.7 Million in soft funds committed
- Seeking LIHTC Allocation April 2007
- Score Over 234 points
Whats on Deck
86Urban Prototype for Production Homebuilding
Whats on Deck
- Development Team
- ELDI Developer
- SA Homes Production Homebuilder
- IBACOS Energy efficiency engineering
- Comfort Home insulating and system
commissioning - Phaffman Associates
- Andrew Moss Architects
87Blight Reversed 700 Euclid
Whats on Deck
88Mellons Orchard South (New Mixed-income
neighborhood adjacent to commercial core)
Whats on Deck
89East Liberty Green Vision Principles
- Balance the Natural and Built Environment
- Promote Energy Efficiency, Conservation and Waste
Reduction - Achieve Exceptionally Good Water and Air Quality
- Integrate Land Use, Quality Urban Design and
Healthy Communities - Enhance Community Economic Development
- Promote Community Education and Increased Public
Awareness
90Green initiatives in East Liberty underway
- Green Vision
- A Green East Liberty Boulevard Bikes and
pedestrians - Parks planning Garland, Town Square, Enright,
Liberty, and Peabody - Prototype Houses
- LEED buildings
- LEED-ND Mellons Orchard South
- Parks and Rec Task Force
- Street Tree Plan
- GTECH
- Green Infrastructure
- Sustainable Policy Coordinator
- Rain barrels and gardens
91GTECH Strategies Growth Through Energy and
Community Health
92GTECH Strategies
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94Why East Liberty?
- Impact of Urban Renewal
- Crossroads of Poverty Prosperity
- Redevelopment Plans offer Opportunity for
Green Infrastructure Development
95EAST LIBERTY How Much Runoff Volume Must We
Reduce?
- Based on city hydraulic model data
- Need to evaluate what will prevent overflows at
each CSO
96What Can We Do?
Sidewalks and Streets would include stormwater
storage and infiltration beds.
97Small Scale..
St. Clair Street
proposed after Transforming leftover spaces into
rich planting beds adds biodiversity, home value
and reduced stormwater loads into combined sewers.
98Transitional Streets..
Highland Avenue
Parking aisles could serve multiple functions
infiltration and traffic calming
99Penn Avenue CommercialGreen Infrastructure
Potential
- Street Trees
- Tree Trenches
- Planting and Infiltration Beds
- Porous Concrete
100Euclid Avenue ResidentialGreen Infrastructure
Potential
- Porous Paver Parking
- Rain Gardens
- Rain Barrels
- Green Alleys
- Street Trees
- Tree Trenches
- Porous Asphalt
- Porous Concrete Sidewalks
101Making New Partnerships
- GTECH
- Friends of the Urban Forest
- Hosanna Industries Blitz Build
- COR Section 3 Employment Initiative
102By the Numbers
- 400 Units of Mixed Income Rental
(As low as 217 per month to Market Rate) - 10 Units for Low Income Homeownership (Under
50,000) - 22 Units for Moderate Income Homeownership (Under
175,000) - 4 units of High-Income Homeownership (Over
176,000)
103Development Totals
104Completed since 1999
- New Commercial 460,315
- New Office 152,160
- New Housing Units 447
- Jobs Created 739
- Annual Tax Revenues 2,932,752.88
105Proposed next 5 years
- New Commercial 857,420
- New Office 153,400
- New Housing Units 912
- Hotel Rooms 395
- Jobs Created 2,080
- Annual Net Tax Revenues 5,352,946.44
106- Lessons1) Stakeholder driven planning
drives everything else2) Just talking about it
does not meet the objective3) Affordable
(transitional, supportive) housing is a tool for
revitalization4) Social Equity differs in
residential and commercial arenas5)
Affordability can only be achieved early High
acquisitions cost kill deals and scale 6)
Diversity and compassion are market niches