Carol R' Naughton

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Sustainable Community Development

• Carol R. Naughton
• CF Foundation
• Atlanta, Georgia
• April 26, 2008

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What We Know About Concentrating Poverty

• Concentrating people in low income housing
  communities creates a cycle of poverty and
  despair that is difficult for residents to break
• East Lakes model of holistic change breaks this
  cycle and creates communities of hope
• East Lake has proven the model for effective
  revitalization and is breaking the cycle of
  poverty

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The East Lake Model
Holistic efforts have these components . . .
A lack of any of these critical components is a
real barrier to successful holistic revitalization
An overarching focus on holistic change and
ability to hold it all together
Champion
Drive towards a holistic vision

Approach to coordination and sustainability
Economic growth wealth creation
Essential elements
Menu-style options for supporting pillars
Housing (mixed-income)
Education
Recreation (e.g., youth sports facilities)
Comm-ercial regene-ration (e.g., retail, banking)
Trans-portation
Comm-unity services (e.g., life/job skills,
health care)
A robust core consisting of key pillars that
bring about compre-hensive change

Community support
A solid foundation built on widespread support

Political support
Source Interviews team analysis
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Powerful Partnerships The Big Three

• Community Residents
• Atlanta Housing Authority
• East Lake Foundation

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Partnerships Today

• Housing Mercy Housing, AHA, Consumer Credit
  Counseling Service, Senior Council
• Drew Charter School Edison Schools, Atlanta
  Public Schools, Parents, Teachers, Oglethorpe
  University, Westminster Schools, Atlanta Speech
  School, Georgia Tech, Georgia State, University
  of Georgia
• First Tee of East Lake Friends of the First Tee,
  TOUR Championship, volunteers, parents, kids

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Little Vietnam
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Then
Now
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Five Steps to Revitalization

• Identify a neighborhood with potential
• Identify the Champion to drive the effort and
  assemble the team
• A great community includes great housing, great
  education, and more
• Create a funding plan that makes the community
  self-sustaining
• Be patient and modify your plans to respond to
  changing needs

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East Lake Timeline
Planning
Development
Years
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Build Plan. Comm.
Develop project agreement with Planning Comm.
Continued planning based on project agreement
Community building
Funding planning appli-cation
Master-planning of project development
Housing
Construction
Education
Continue to run/improve existing school
Negotiate plan for new school
Petition for sch.
Partner selection
Bldg constr.
Early operation
Grade expansion
Ongoing
Teen program
Asset renovation
Attraction/development
Formalization of revenue source (e.g., annual PGA
tournament)
Recreation
Ongoing operation
Development and expansion of youth program built
around asset (e.g., First Tee program)
Ongoing operation
Public recreation facility development (e.g. golf)
Facility expansion
Community services
GED program / job training
Constr
Health needs assessment
Sustainability
Establish lead org
Build capacity
Source East Lake Foundation, team analysis
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Lessons Learned

• Housing policy is education policy and education
  policy is housing policy
• School systems need to be active partners in
  community redevelopment
• Look to others for new approaches
• Embrace new models and competition
• Dont wait to be asked
• Understand each others issues

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Onward and Upward!
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What Makes East Lake Sustainable?

• The East Lake Foundation lead organization
• TOUR Championship sustainable funding

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Sustainability East Lake Golf Club

• All proceeds from the operation of the East Lake
  Golf Club support the revitalization of the East
  Lake neighborhood