louisville sdat: revitalization of the ali blvd corridor

Louisville, KY SDAT

observations

physical context

CONTEXT

IMPEDIMENTS

OPPORTUNITIES

growth

Long Term Physical Community Isolation >60 Years

• Race/Class Based Land Policy Planning• Post 1964 Civil Rights Statutory Equal

Access Legislation• Concentration of Special Needs Public

Investment• Private Sector Financial Disinvestment• No investment in physical Indicators that

community is part of the city

Long Term Psyche-Social Isolation>60 Years

• Inability of the Community to Control its Own Narrative, to Tell One’s Own Story

• Distorted Reporting About Crime • Middle Class Flight to “Better”

Neighborhoods with greater opportunity structures

Interventions

• Long Term– Some interventions will take long periods of

time to structure financially– Some interventions will take long periods to

have demonstrable and visible impacts• Short Term

– All long term interventions start with short term actions

Disinvested and Contested

15 Years of Investment

Short Term: Create Environment for Reinvestment

• Get National Trust for Historic Preservation- Preserving African American Heritage sites engaged in Mammoth Life Building (Brent Leggs) (6th and Ali)

• Use Historic Tax Credit Finance structure to convert upper floors Green Market Rate Residential & Renovate Bank Space


• Provide Portland (community like) street signs pointing direction and distance to Shawnee Park; African American Heritage Center; Ohio River; Historic churches on Ali (starting at 6th Street and Ali)

• Partner with University of Louisville to develop geo-located self guided cultural tour along Ali for mobile devices


• Provide street improvements from 6th Street along Ali to 18th Street– Historic period street lighting– Street furniture– Trees– Partner with Kentucky School of Art and University of Louisville to display

student outdoor art along Ali from 6th to African American Heritage Center

Short Term: Reprogram the African American Heritage Center

• Develop broader and deeper Community Partnerships & Uses (University of Louisville, Simmons College of Kentucky; Kentucky School of the Arts)– Rotating shared exhibit space for university affiliated, high school

affiliated and independent visual artist – On site teaching location for academic institutions with African American

History, Music and Theater programs. Both teaching and performances.


• Develop Weekday and Weekend Activity– Farmers Market One Weekday and on

Saturdays– Local Craft and Flee Market Saturday


• Bring in a Professional Event Manager

• 145,000 Events per Year World Wide• Owns/manages more than 150 venues across the US from

300 seats to 30,000 seats

Pre-development• Vision/strategies for area• Committed leadership/dedicated staff• Assess Economic Realities – Metro/Neighborhood • Barrier Removal: code constraints, infrastructure

impediments, access/transportation hurdles• Strategic site identification/assembly: friendly

hands• Factor life cycle costs (capital and operating) – set

sustainable targets/measures• Micro and Macro Impacts• Align Partners: public, private, non-profit

ROI

Nurture

Catalyze

Support

Feasibility Hurdle = Revenue > Costs

Area A

Area B

Area C

Public Role

Development Partnership “S” Curve

Development Feasibility

Choosing the $ tools

Economic/fiscal viability (revenue-generating capacity, stability and predictability, administrative ease, flexibility of use, etc.)

Fairness (e.g., who pays and who benefits?)

Political acceptabilit

y

Legality

Redevelopment Toolkit Options• Development Driven

• FAT (Fees/Assessments/Taxes)

• Leveraging Fed Funds

• Other People’s Money

• SMOs (Still More Options)

Development Driven• Tax Increment Financing (area based)• Development Bonuses• Transfer Development Rights• Impact Fees (sole source)

FAT• Special/Local Improvement Districts• Business Improvement Districts• Sales Tax Increases• Real Estate Transfer Tax

Leverage Federal Funds• Community Development Block Grant• HUD Section 108• FHA 221d4/3

Other People’s Money• Low Income Housing Tax Credits• Historic Tax Credits• New Markets Tax Credits• EB-5• Crowd Funding

Still More Options•Foundations/Corporate Investment•Housing Trust Funds (state/local) •Land bank•Tax Exempt Revenue Bonds•Property tax abatements

Dallas: Vickery Meadows• 3.7 acre library owned site• Mixed income, retail, clinic and library

Infill Mixed Use Financing Bundle• Library, mixed-income: TIF, 108, EB5,

LIHTC, 221d4, Ground Lease

change

RUSSELL ARTS AND CULTURE DISTRICT

Kentucky Center for African American Heritage River City Bank

18th S

treet

6th S

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9th S

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Old Walnut Street Park

Creative Placemaking Opportunities

13th S

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CREATIVE PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES: Festivals

Ali Boulevard Festivals

18th S

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6th S

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9th S

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13th S

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Heritage Performances

CREATIVE PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES: Street and Sidewalk Markings

18th S

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6th S

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9th S

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13th S

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Student achievement Gateway artYouth discovery and supportOutdoor art classes

CREATIVE PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES: Envision Russell Campaign

18th S

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6th S

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9th S

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13th S

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Gateway artYouth aspirationsI wish this was…Heritage discovery

CREATIVE PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES: Arts and Music

18th S

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6th S

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9th S

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13th S

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Oral HistoryFlea Markets

Sidewalk art galleriesHeritage discovery

CREATIVE PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES: Food

18th S

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6th S

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9th S

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13th S

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Flea MarketsCommunity gardensHeritage discovery

CREATIVE PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES: Russell History

18th S

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6th S

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9th S

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13th S

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Historic Preservation

Community history

Heritage discovery

CREATIVE PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES: Public Art

18th S

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6th S

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9th S

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13th S

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CONNECTINGTO 6TH STREET

Looking west on Muhammed Ali Boulevard at 6th StreetMammoth Life Insurance Building at left

Looking west on Muhammed Ali Boulevard across 9th Street

Looking west on Muhammed Ali Boulevard at S 17th St.Church of Our Merciful Savior

MIXED USE STREET

Looking west on Muhammed Ali Boulevard at S 18th StreetKentucky Center for African American Heritage

future

Russell St. Civic Infrastructure: 21st Century Working Groups/ Task Forces

• Housing/Lifestyle• Health and Education• Training and Capacity

Building• Science and

Technology• Planning, Zoning and

Development

• Workforce Development & Entrepreneurship

• Engagement & Communications

• Environment/Materials• Transportation/Parking• Metrics/Data/Evaluation• Human/Social Capital • External Relations

Characteristics of a Healthy Civic Culture

• Strive for win-win, not win-lose outcomes

• Agree on the “texts”: pre-, con-, sub-, post-

• Define the end-result first• Document disagreements• Train volunteer facilitators and

scribes• Manage ultra-democratic urges• Make consensus-based decisions• Focus on results, not effort • Collaborate, cooperate,

congratulate• Evaluate performance

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louisville sdat: revitalization of the ali blvd corridor

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