Case Studies

Sarah Sieloff is the Executive Director of the Center for Creative Land Recycling.  She is also the 2016 ULI SF Chamberlin Young Leader in the Non-Profit/Public Sector, and a member of ULI’s Redevelopment and Reuse Product Council.

Land is a finite resource, and the fight to make space for urban housing is a continuous battle. As job and population growth continue to outpace housing production in many US cities, displacement and rising rates of homelessness have caused a public health crisis. In the Bay Area and New York, we examine some companies who are finding ways to mitigate the need for housing.

The Urban Land Institute is an independent global nonprofit with over 40,000 members representing the entire spectrum of real estate development and land use discipline. Since 1947, they have been organizing Advisory Services panels to support local governments address challenging real estate and land use issues facing their communities. Panels bring together the best and brightest from ULI’s diverse membership—developers, planners, financiers, market analysts, economists, architects, designers, and public officials—to provide practical solutions and objective advice not available from any other source.

The EPA is offering an exciting program to create walkable, healthy, and economically vibrant neighborhoods though local food systems development. Local Foods, Local Places is the new program that offers technical assistance during a  two day workshop while developing a plan of action for communities who want to develop local food systems.

The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development is currently soliciting applications for the FY2016 Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants Program AND the Community Development Block Grants for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages. Together these programs provide funding for housing, community facilities, economic development and neeighborhood revitalization.

Choice Neighborhoods Application Deadline: Jun 28, 2016

CDBG Application Deadline: Jun 14, 2016

On April 7 the Jack London Improvement District convened the latest installment of their Panel Talk Series; this evening the subject was how to support and maintain a thriving industrial sector in Jack London. As noted in the SPUR report, A Downtown for Everyone, “Preserving land zoned for industrial uses ensures a diverse supply of jobs downtown. Industrial enterprises in downtown Oakland and adjacent areas benefit from proximity to the Port of Oakland, Northern California’s major port, and are a significant source of middle-wage jobs for workers without a four year degree.” Yet, the challenges to preserving Jack London’s industry are many. 

Is your community making a collaborative effort to become a healthier city or county? Join the Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge and share how your city or county is creating more healthy days where you live. The competition will be awarding $1.5 million in prizes to municipalities most able to show measurable changes in health and wellness over the next several years. Application Deadline: May 31, 2016

CCLR's Jean Hamerman attended the 7th annual Brownfield of the Northeast Conference and shares with us her notes about the afternoon's plenary session featuring guest speakers from Hoboken, NJ and Copenhagen.  

CCLR's Jean Hamerman attended the 7th annual Brownfield Coalition of the Northeast conference and shares her notes from the morning plenary session with us.

On March 21, CCLR had the pleasure of attending the grand opening of Mural—the first residential building of the MacArthur Transit Village pioneered by BRIDGE Housing. CCLR's partnership with BRIDGE Housing and ongoing support of the project over the years has precipitated over $37 million in grant funding. And while the project has been over a decade in the making it has finally paid off. The complex has been named a "model" for the creation of dense, transit-rich and inclusive communities. With the development of more units currently underway, it can only get better and we at CCLR are thrilled to have been a part of it!