2023 Schul Conversation - Our Connecting Spaces: Mixed-Income Communities & Placed-Based Initiatives

What builds community in place-based initiatives and mixed-income communities? What creates authentic relationships? What prevents them and why does it matter? On Oct. 26, the Urban Institute at UNC Charlotte to unpacked these questions in the first of the 2023 Schul Conversations, a part of the annual Schul Forum Series. Place-based initiatives and mixed-income communities are widely seen as best practices in affordable housing and community development, and as key policy tools in efforts to deconcentrate poverty. However, this restructuring of neighborhoods, often in place of concentrated affordable or public housing, does not always lead to connections among neighbors. In some cases, it results in displacement of a community and its culture. During this engaging conversation, you'll hear from panelists Mark Joseph, Ph.D., the founding director, National Initiative on Mixed Income Communities; Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences; Case Western Reserve University; Andrew Case, Ph.D., a Gambrell Faculty Fellow and UNC Charlotte associate professor of Psychological Science & Health Psychology; Tiffany Capers, executive director, CrossRoads Corporation; Julie Porter, executive director, DreamKey Partners; and moderator Lori Thomas, Ph.D., executive director of UNC Charlotte Urban Institute and the Charlotte Regional Data Trust, as the group explores the spaces where we connect in the Charlotte region. Together, they specifically ask: How do mixed-income neighborhoods and placed-based initiatives build community and facilitate relationships or create barriers to economic connectedness. #UNCCharlotte #UNCCharlotteUrbanInstitute #SchulConversations2023