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MIT, CHAPA and PolicyLink present: To Be Strong Again: Renewing the Promise in Smaller Industrial Cities

Published on August 30, 2008 in Blog.

Monday Septemeber 8, 2008
9:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Registration at 8:30 am; Program begins at 9:00 am

In 2004-05, the Housing, Community and Economic Development group hosted a weekly luncheon series which resulted in a publication entitled “Voices from Forgotten Cities: Innovative Revitalization Coalitions in America’s Older Small Cities.” To launch the dissemination of the report, a national convening, sponsored by DUSP, PolicyLink, and Citizens Housing and Planning Association, was held at MIT in October 2007.

To commemorate the recent release of PolicyLink’s companion report, “To Be Strong Again: Renewing the Promise in Smaller Industrial Cities,” a follow up convening will be held at the MIT Faculty Club on September 8, 2008 from 10am to 2pm (registration at 9:30am, breakfast and lunch will be provided).

Please notify Harriette Crawford (hcrawfor@mit.edu) if you would like to register for the convening. The program for this event will be forwarded to attendees.

The convening is sponsored by PolicyLink, MIT’s Community Innovators Lab, and the MA Smart Growth Alliance; registration is free.

To download or view “To Be Strong Again: Renewing the Promise in Smaller Industrial Cities,” go to: http://www.policylink.org/Projects/CoreCitiesInitiative/smallercities.html

To download or view “Voices from Forgotten Cities,” go to: http://www.policylink.org/documents/forgottencities_final.pdf

Print copies of both reports are available in Room 9-519.

Homeownership Preparation Program

Published on November 8, 2007 in Blog, Research and Students.

In 2007, the Homeownership Preparation Program sought to capacitate the Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity affiliate in Lawrence, MA with enough tools to effectively prepare their homeowners for successful homeownership. The project gathered information from homeowners to understand recent homeownership challenges and will then tailor programs aimed to meet these needs. This project sought to serve the Lawrence community by increasing the number of successful homeowners and contributing to community stabilization.

The author, Carlos J. Espinoza-Toro, was a graduate student in MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning, and headed the Homeownership Preparation Program.

Final Report

MIT, CHAPA and PolicyLink present: Remembering Forgotten Cities Convening at MIT

Published on October 3, 2007 in Blog and Research.

Remembering Forgotten Cities

Agenda: here

Friday October 12, 2007
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Von Hippel Room (13-2137)
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Registration at 8:30 am; Program begins at 9:00 am

The Department of Urban Studies and Planning at M.I.T., PolicyLink, and Citizens Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) will host a discussion about the revitalization of Americas Forgotten Cities. This invitation-only roundtable will be held on Friday, October 12, 2007 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

This purpose of this convening is to bring the individual speakers from the 2004-05 series together for one day, along with other leaders who are working to transform such cities, to participate in a discussion and network-building session. At the convening, we expect to accomplish three goals:

  • Share the Voices from Forgotten Cities report and allow seminar series participants to talk about their experiences undertaking revitalization in smaller industrial cities;
  • Discuss, and get feedback on, the framework for practice in forgotten cities that Prof. Hoyt is developing to guide future academic work; and
  • Share the state and national comparative research and policy initiatives being undertaken by numerous organizations including CHAPA, PolicyLink, and the Brookings Institution

For more information about this convening, please feel free to contact Jesse Kaminsky

MIT@Lawrence in PLAN magazine

Published on April 6, 2007 in Blog.

MIT@Lawrence was featured in MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning’s PLAN magazine. Check out the article here.