Housing and Community
Economic Development
The main attractor of
funding in this burgeoning field is not local need, but local capacity to
address local needs. As communities organize themselves to plan and implement
their redevelopment, the private sector is recognizing the strength of markets
that had long been abandoned and is responding to cogent local proposals. This
community-based, capacity-building approach to development has given birth to
a new industry, with growth rates of up to 20 per cent forecast over the next
5 to 10 years. New career paths are taking shape in finance, real estate and
business development.
Boulware at Work
At Issue:
A Washington, D.C. based national trade association of over 500 community
development organizations contacted us for help in finding a President/CEO.
The association sought a leader who would increase membership and raise
visibility at the federal level for the community development industry. The
position required both in-depth knowledge of the concerns of local member
organizations and an insider’s knowledge of the federal
programs, procedures, funding criteria, policy shapers and community leaders.
At Stake:
A
new industry and strategy to help communities nationwide rebuild themselves at
the grassroots level.
Our Response:
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We drew on
our knowledge of nonprofit and for-profit strategies for fostering growth in
economically distressed communities to identify individuals who have a
substantive understanding of the issues.
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We also
combed our senior-level contacts in the fields of housing, community
development and economic development to identify individuals with extensive
networks and long experience in the interaction of federal policy and local
programs.
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Having
discovered after several conversations that our most respected source might be
a candidate, we worked patiently and discretely with him to maximize his
interest in the position and his readiness to leave his senior position with a
federal development agency.
The Result:
The successful
candidate, a veteran federal official, has a reputation for responsiveness to
local concerns that federal officials often overlook. In five years since he
took the position, he has grown association membership by 60% from 500 to 800
members. Using his extensive networks, he developed bi-partisan federal
support for community development as a growth industry. Under his leadership,
the association also secured $8 million in multiyear funding commitments from
a consortium of national foundations.
Housing and Community
Development Clients
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City Lands Corporation
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Bethel New Life,
Inc.
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Capital Region
Workforce Development Board
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Center
for Community Change
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The Community Builders
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Chicago Community Loan
Fund
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Chicago Housing
Authority
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City of Detroit –
Director, Department of Housing
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The District of
Columbia Coalition for the Homeless
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DevCorp North, Chicago
(formerly Howard/PaulinaDevelopment Corp.)
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Greater New Orleans
Foundation
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Hispanic Housing
Development Corporation
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Indianapolis
Neighborhood Housing Partnership
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Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion
(IBA)
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Institute for Social
and Economic Development
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Kenwood Oakland
Development Corporation (KODC)
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Latino Economic
Development Corporation
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Local Initiatives
Support Corporation (LISC)
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Mercy Housing
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Metropolitan Boston
Housing Partnership
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Mid-South Planning &
Development Commission
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Neighborhood Housing
Services of Elgin, IL
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Neighborhood Housing
Services of Rochester, NY
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Neighborhood Progress,
Inc.
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Neighborhood
Reinvestment Corporation
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New Detroit
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New Orleans Jobs
Initiative
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Northern Initiatives
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Private Industry
Council of Boston
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University of Illinois
at Chicago
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Upper Albany
Neighborhood Collaborative
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Workforce Alliance
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