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LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOODS/STRONG REGIONSfoot, two-story “green building” with a rooftopgarden and solar energy modules that houses retailspace, employment offices, a day care center, and abridge that connects it all to the elevated trainstation. It will allow local residents to be eligiblefor low-interest location efficient mortgages andwill reduce their need to use a car on a regularbasis. Rebecca Riley, a consultant to theCommunity and Resource Development Unit atthe Ford Foundation, believes the success behindBethel lies in asking good questions. Says Riley,“Mary Nelson began to wonder if a big box storewith acres of parking did not make sense in asuburb, then why would it make sense for an urbanneighborhood?”The Bethel Commercial Center connects by bridge to the Chicago TransitAuthority’s Green Line. (Source: Bethel New Life).In 2002, Bethel received the “Families Count”Award of $500,000 in unrestricted funds from theAnnie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) because Bethelpromotes stronger family situations for children.Bethel was recognized for the totality of its workbecause, “The whole was greater than the sum ofits parts of helping families get on a path tosuccess,” according to Miriam Shark, seniorassociate with AECF. “You can’t do work in [thearena of] CDCs without noticing Bethel.” Shecontinues, “The award is a seal of approval” forBethel. Funds were used as the glue for theongoing work of the commercial center.Bethel’s other site—the comprehensive Beth-Annecampus—has met the expectations of TheRetirement Research Foundation, “because itimproved the quality of life for seniors wishing toremain in the community by focusing onindependent and assisting living options oncampus, a range of center-based and home servicesfor community elderly, job training for home careworkers, and exploring policy innovations,”according to RRF’s Hennessy.Bethel New Life is also a grantee of the FordFoundation. In its summer 2004 report, Fordhighlighted Bethel’s success and stated that, “BethelNew Life is transforming Chicago’s West GarfieldPark neighborhood through a combination ofstaying power, persistence, and infinite hope. Bytaking advantage of under-utilized communityresources and emphasizing environmentallyconsciouspolicies and practices, Bethel New Life isa national model for the way communitydevelopment groups can promote healthyneighborhoods while effectively linking them totheir larger regional context.” 38A rendering of the future look of the Bethel Commercial Center. (Source:Bethel New Life).Lessons LearnedAccording to the foundations interviewed for thisreport—partners familiar with the faith-basedleadership of Bethel New Life—funders interestedin funding highly effective communitydevelopment corporations should demand, andexpect to, experience: risk taking in creative38“Ford Foundation Summer 2004 Report,” available atwww.fordfound.org (2004).77Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
financing and innovative, forward-thinkingsolutions; constant refining of strategies to meetthe needs of the changing community; andrelentless and strong-willed work from staff.Contact PeopleMarilyn HennessyPresidentThe Retirement Research Foundationhennessy@rrf.org(773) 714-8080II. D. BLENDING ARTS ANDHISTORY TO PRESERVE ANDREVITALIZE COMMUNITY:PROJECT ROW HOUSESFunders Highlighted:Ford FoundationHouston Endowment Inc.The Meadows FoundationAndrew MooneySenior Program DirectorLISC/Chicagoamooney@lisc.org(312) 360-0800Mary NelsonPresident & CEOBethel New Lifemnelson@bethelnewlife.org(773) 473-7870Aurie PennickExecutive DirectorThe Field Foundation of Illinoisapennick@fieldfoundation.org(312) 831-1269Rebecca RileyConsultant to the Community and ResourceDevelopment Unit, Ford Foundation(former Vice President, The John D. and CatherineT. MacArthur Foundation)r.riley@fordfound.org(212) 573-4890Miriam SharkSenior AssociateAnnie E. Casey Foundationmshark@aecf.org(410) 547-6600“Project Row Houses is able to maintain integritybetween cultural tourism, social services, and racerelations, with a simple but powerful elegance inmerging people and place-based strategies.”—Miguel Garcia, Ford FoundationCapitalizing on a community’s cultural legacythrough the arts and history can prove to be effectivefor redevelopment, especially when it brings inmembers of the community as part of the process, asdemonstrated in Houston’s Third Wardneighborhood. At the same time, trying to protectthe historic feel of the community and keepingcurrent residents from being displaced once thecommunity becomes attractive to outsiders andprices of land begin to escalate can be challenging—but not impossible. This profile describes why threedistinct foundations were willing to invest in anorganization’s non-traditional approach, blendingeconomic development, social justice, education, andarts and culture. It explains how an organization wasable to use a community’s historic African Americanheritage as a catalyst to create benefits for residents ofthe neighborhood as well others from thesurrounding communities in the region.Project ProfileProject Row Houses’ (PRH) mission is to createcommunity through the celebration of the arts andAfrican American history and culture. Its work isfounded in public art and education programs thatencompass neighborhood revitalization, historicpreservation, and community service. Its programsare designed to identify and cultivate a new vision ofopportunity in Houston’s Third Ward community. 39LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOODS/STRONG REGIONS39Neighborhoods in Houston are known as “wards.”Part III: Section 2: Making All Neighborhoods Stable, Healthy, and Livable as Building Blocks for a Strong Region 78
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