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Hazelwood: Making New Connections

Hazelwood: Making New Connections. Christopher Marcello, Emalee Ranalli, Ruth Feathers, Amy Camp, Ted Kaczmarek, Annette Bassett Sanchez, Jacqueline Saslawski, Christie Hudson Capstone Seminar Spring 2001. Population 2000.

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Hazelwood: Making New Connections

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  1. Hazelwood: Making New Connections Christopher Marcello, Emalee Ranalli, Ruth Feathers, Amy Camp, Ted Kaczmarek, Annette Bassett Sanchez, Jacqueline Saslawski, Christie Hudson Capstone Seminar Spring 2001

  2. Population 2000 • Tract 1501: Total population 1,948, 74.5% White, 22.9% African-American, 2.6% other. • Tract 1504: Total population 805, 23.9% White, 72.2% African-American, 3.9% other. • Tract 1515: Total population 3,386, 54.8% White, 40.6% African-American, 4.6% other. • Combined: Total population 6,139, 57% White, 39% African-American, and 4% other.

  3. The Community of Hazelwood

  4. Community Analysis Highlights • Community Human Service System Analysis • Youth Recreation Opportunities • Greater Hazelwood Weed and Seed Program • The Mon-Fayette Expressway

  5. Community Human Service System Analysis • What is a Community Human Service System Analysis? • Analysis Methodology • Interview with key community leaders • Field work: Observation of community meetings • Directories • Web pages

  6. Common Issues • Youth • Seniors • Single mothers and Welfare to Work population • General Community

  7. Service Delivery Units • Informal • Mediating • Churches • Formal • Non-profits • Healthcare providers • Public agencies

  8. Major Weaknesses and Gaps • Healthcare service delivery • Service delivery for youth and seniors • Lack of communication or collaboration • Churches • Ethnic and racial groups • Public transportation/bus routes • Adequate service down town • Lacking adequate service to Oakland, Waterfront, and other major locations

  9. Recommendations • Improve UPMC Hazelwood Clinic • Collaborative efforts among different ethnic/race groups • Multi-purpose human service center • Continuation of community newspaper • Church collaboration • Focus on after school programs

  10. Youth Recreation in Hazelwood • Methodology of study • Benefits of youth athletics • Lack of communication between league organizers • Lack of opportunities for girls and minorities

  11. Availability of Recreational Sports Teams or Leagues

  12. Recommendations • Form a youth recreation committee and develop community-wide youth recreation plan • Take into special consideration the needs of girls • Offer a variety of youth recreation options • Cooperate with neighboring communities • Take advantage of Citiparks programs • Take advantage of both local and national programs and organizations

  13. Greater Hazelwood Weed and Seed Program • What is Weed and Seed? • Mayor’s Office Evaluation (1994) • Hazelwood task forces • Mobilizing community resources (1995) • Funding for Greater Hazelwood Weed and Seed program (1996) • Greater Hazelwood as a “model” case

  14. Weed and Seed Components in Hazelwood • Primary Weeding agents: • COPS • Plain-clothes officers • Zone Patrol • Weed and Seed Task Force • Primary Seeding agents: • The Hazelwood Initiative

  15. Recommendations • Persistent contact and collaboration with community schools • Further community organizing toward positive change • Foster ties between Hazelwood and Glen Hazel

  16. The Mon-Fayette Expressway • Major threat to the community and region • Communities in the path of the MFE • Environmental justice issue

  17. Properties Eliminated by MFE • 177 properties • $16 million in assessed value • $470K in tax revenues • 2nd Avenue down to 5200 block

  18. Recommendations • Attend public meetings • Join with other community groups in the Mon Valley • Take action to save what you value • Make a firm response to the highway a critical part of the master plan • Identify places of potential historic value • Keep the lines of communication open • Make sure local politicians know what you want and make them accountable

  19. New Directions for Brownfield Development In Hazelwood "New Hazelwood Vision"

  20. South Side Works • 1990-1992: Community Establishes a Vision • 1994-1996: Coalition amidst Conflict

  21. Germany: the Ruhr Region – Applications for Hazelwood

  22. The IBA Emscher • IBA Emscher Park is about a whole region and puts the ecological question in its center • 120 projects • 17 towns

  23. Emscher Park

  24. Central Concept and Main Strategies of IBA-Emscher • Central concept: development on a long-term framework • Main strategies: • Focus on structural changes in the Ruhr Region • Redevelopment of the landscapes • Ecological renovation of the Emscher Park • New commitment of industrial monuments as cultural centers • Maintain and renovate the existing residence areas and add new ones

  25. A Stream in Emscher Park: Before and After

  26. Prosper III

  27. Public-Private Partnerships • Pittsburgh was once to act as an example for the Ruhr area… now it’s the other way around!

  28. Food for Thought • The Ruhr Region and Pittsburgh • Do something that is typical for Hazelwood or typical for Pittsburgh • Connect new developments to the region’s industrial heritage • Give a new definition to old industrial regions and sites

  29. Recommendations • Involve the community • Educate the community • Start talking about development before development arrives • Take advantage of community activism

  30. Recommendations (continued) • Involve the community's vision • Uniquely Pittsburgh or Hazelwood development • Connect to industrial heritage • Think "out of the box"

  31. Community Revitalization Strategies

  32. Hazelwood History • Timeline • Historical sites in Hazelwood • The Woods House • Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd • St. Stephen’s Roman Catholic Church • First Hungarian Reformed Church • Carnegie Library of Hazelwood • Formerly Hazelwood/Derby Brewing • E. Elizabeth Street apartment building • LTV site • The Car Barn

  33. The Hazelwood Library Daybook • June 1901-May 1902 • The daily stories • What happened to the dome?

  34. Revitalization Through Preservation “Historic preservation is an economic development strategy that enables cities and towns to compete with suburbs.” -- Donovan D. Rypkema • Diversity, good housing stock, and historical character attract families • Preservation attaches people to their community

  35. Community Markets • Scope of Research: • Profiled 3 community markets • Created a list of “lessons learned”

  36. Portland Saturday Market • Started in 1974 by two local artists • Now a major tourist destination • Generates $13 million a year

  37. East St. Louis Farmers’ Market • Started in 1994 by a neighborhood organization • Aimed to increaseeconomic activity and improve nutrition • Generated $400,000 in sales in first three years

  38. Aliquippa Farmers’ Market • Started in 1996 by a local nonprofit organization • WIC recipients needed a place to use vouchers • Not held in 2000

  39. Know your community Involve residents in planning Get commitment from vendors early Use community resources that are free of charge Involve vendors who accept multiple forms of payment Select a site that has refrigeration, electricity, and water Involve children and teens Get corporate sponsors Offer a diversity of goods Lessons Learned

  40. “Swap Shops” and Flea Markets • A way to create a niche • There are at least a dozen farmers’ markets in the city • There are no regularly held flea markets

  41. Peterman’s Criteria for Success of Neighborhood Development • Adequate monetary and human technical resources • Demand driven, grassroots organizing (top-down will not work) • Must build strong ties with public officials, technical experts, and other organizations • Must create an atmosphere of ‘creative tension’

  42. Hazelwood: Surviving Big Box Competition • Must develop specialized niches (antiques, boutiques, ethnic dining) • Use exclusionary zoning or design and size control • Aspinwall, Sharpsburg, South Side

  43. Workforce Development in Hazelwood: Building Networks for New Opportunities

  44. Workforce Development and Networks • What is workforce development? • "A constellation of activities" • What are workforce development networks? • Link social networks • Provide information • Develop trust

  45. Garfield Employment StudyProfile of a working neighborhood

  46. National Benchmarks • Center for Employment Training • WIRE-Net

  47. Lessons from Benchmarks • Continuous worker support • Active private sector involvement • Active community Involvement • A few key partnerships critical • Creativity

  48. Local Workforce Networks • Career Link • Job Links • Community Development Program Network

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