| | | AJBAY13_PM1-111 | | Assessing and Preventing Displacement in Bay Area Communities Speakers: Karen Chapple, University of California at Berkeley; Miriam Chion, Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG); Dawn Phillips, Causa Justa/Just Cause; Calvin Welch, San Francisco Information Clearinghouse With the Bay Area’s housing market recovering and in some areas returning to the over-heated pre-recession high demand levels, different tools are being developed to assess and prevent displacement. Panelists will describe the tools they are developing and how approaches may vary by community and market conditions. | | MP3 | | $0.00 | | $0.00 | |
| | | AJBAY13_PM4-114 | | Local Innovations in Neighborhood Economic Development Speakers: Michele Clark, Youth Employment Partnership (YEP); Jose Corona, Inner City Advisors; Viola Gonzales, AnewAmerica Community Corporation; Mike Hannigan, Give Something Back; Marsha Murrington, Bay Area LISC; Sofia Navarro, Unity Council; Mercedes (Meche) Sansores, Women’s Action to Gain Economic Security (WAGES) Bay Area LISC with key partners is developing a model that facilitates equal access to wealth-building opportunities. We are identifying and developing competitive niches within our local economy that link employee training for careers in up-and-coming markets, local worker-owned cooperatives, creation of local supply-chain contracts through microbusiness development and the acceleration of small business growth. By working together, partners see the opportunity to inject the economy with new vitality and create jobs serving a wide spectrum of skills sets. In this workshop the partners discuss their strategies on ensuring that economic opportunities are being developed in the inner city. | | MP3 | | $0.00 | | $0.00 | |
