Transforming Cities and Minds through Sustained Civic Engagement

1. Transforming Cities and Minds through Sustained Civic Engagement Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network – a global coalition of engaged universities Tufts University

2. Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3. Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network City of Lawrence, Massachusetts • Former textile town built by Essex CompanyLocated 30 miles north of M.I.T. One of the poorest cities in the U.S.MIT alumni living and working in LawrenceLong known as the “immigrant city”

4. Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network Dominance, Decline, Revitalization?

5. Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network Forgotten Cities? Voices from Forgotten Cities Innovative Revitalization Coalitions in America’s Older Small Cities PolicyLink MA Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning • old—cities with an industrial history; with a population more than 5,000 by 1880; • small—cities with between 15,000-150,000 residents in 2000; and • poor—cities with a median household income less than $35,000 in 2000.

6. Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network 2002 Lawrence Service-Learning Practicum

7. Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network Lawrence: Spatial Distribution of Assets

8. Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network Lawrence: Competing Narratives

9. Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network Voices from Forgotten Cities • Lack the large employers and corporate presence necessary to provide adequate civic capacity • Lack adequate governing capacity due to limited financial resources as well as the dominant positioning of the “old guard” • The collective mindset in many forgotten cities is chronically low

10. Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network Voices from Forgotten Cities • Location and connectivity — proximity to larger cities and rural places • Scale — walkable downtowns/neighborhoods, access to elected officials • Layout and infrastructure — rails, rivers, parks • Architecture — historic mills, homes, churches • Cultural assets — symphony halls, museums, small colleges • Diversity — immigrants, niche markets, unique labor pool • Identity — loyalty among old-timers, willingness to donate time & money • Affordability — competitive housing/labor opportunities

11. Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network Housing Development Homeownership rates:Massachusetts: 62% Lawrence: 32% North Common neighborhood: 14% Individual development accounts Predatory lending and foreclosures Vacant property acquisition and disposition processes

12. Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network Downtown Revitalization • MassachusettsLawrence • Poverty rate: 9% Poverty rate: 24% • Unemployment: 8% Unemployment: 17% • Zoning overlay district Alleyway restorationOur House Union Crossing

13. View looking south across walkway and green deck to new entrance to Building 9

14. Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network Celebrating Union Crossing

15. Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network Youth Education • 10% of Lawrence adults have a Bachelor's degree • 44% of residents between the ages of 18-25 graduate from high school • SAT tutoring on SundaysMonthly field trips for 8th graders to participate in experiments at M.I.T.

16. Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network Demo: Lawrence@MIT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLhz6YxuICY 10:40-11:18

17. Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network University Partners Aerospace Controls Laboratory Center for Real EstateCenter for Transportation and Logistics and AgeLabChemistry Outreach ProgramCivil and Environmental Engineering Student Association Cogeneration Plant Community Innovators Lab Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence LaboratoryDepartment of BiologyDepartment of Urban Studies and PlanningEdgerton CenterEducational Studies Programs Fire Hose GamesiHouseLa Casa (Spanish House)Lego LabLincoln Labs - Optical Communications GroupSociety of Latino Engineers and ScientistsSociety of Latino Engineers and Scientists Media LabMIT Information CenterMIT MuseumMIT Sea Grant ProgramNuclear Reactor LaboratoryOffice of Engineering Outreach Programs Plasma Science Fusion CenterPublic Service CenterSociety of Hispanic Professional EngineersSingapore-MIT GAMBIT Game LabSloan School of ManagementSociety of Physics StudentsSolar Electric Vehicle TeamSpace Propulsion Laboratory Special Program for Urban and Regional StudiesSociety of Women EngineersToy LabWright Brothers Wind Tunnel

18. Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network City Partners Arlington Community TrabajandoBread & Roses Soup KitchenBread & Roses Housing of Greater LawrenceCambridge CollegeCharles Hope Companies LLPCity CouncilCommunity Development DepartmentEconomic Development DepartmentFire DepartmentGroundwork LawrenceInspectional ServicesInternational Union of Painters & Allied TradesJericho RoadLawrence CommunityWorksLawrence Family Development Charter SchoolLawrence Heritage State ParkLawrence High SchoolLawrence Higher Education Resource Center Lawrence History CenterLawrence Housing CourtLawrence Methuen Community CoalitionLazarus HouseMassachusetts Smart Growth AllianceMayor’s OfficeMerrimack CollegeMerrimack Valley Chamber of CommerceMerrimack Valley Economic Development CouncilMerrimack Valley Habitat for HumanityMerrimack Valley Planning CommissionOur Lady of Good Counsel SchoolPacific Mills Industrial ComplexPlanning DepartmentPolice DepartmentPublic Works DepartmentRecycling DepartmentVeritas BankYouthBuild Lawrence

19. Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network Ernest Lynton on Knowledge In short, the domain of knowledge has no one-way streets. Knowledge does not move from the locus of research to the place of application, from scholar to practitioner, teacher to student, expert to client. It is everywhere fed back, constantly enhanced. We need to think of knowledge in an ecological fashion, recognizing the complex, multifaceted and multiply-connected system by means of which discovery, aggregation, synthesis, dissemination, and application are interconnected and interacting in a wide variety of ways. (Lynton, 1994, pp. 88-89)

20. Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network Instruments for Action • Classes -practica -lectures -independent study • Internships • Fellowships • Research assistantships • Teaching assistantships • Theses and dissertations • Volunteer opportunities • Policy PapersFunding proposalsShort filmsNational reports • Journal articles • Op-eds • Blog posts • Cable access television • Radio shows

21. Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network Collaborative Thesis • Introduction • Part One: Engaging Economy • Strengthening small businesses in Camden, New JerseyLeveraging rooted institutions in Cleveland, Ohio • Part Two: Engaging Equity • Concentrating Investment in Kansas City, MissouriNetwork Organizing in Lawrence, Massachusetts • Part Three: Engaging Environment • City-wide retrofits in Oakland, CaliforniaCommunity-labor-utility partnerships in Massachusetts • Reflections

22. Transforming Cities and Minds through Sustained Civic Engagement Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network – a global coalition of engaged universities Tufts University

23. Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network Demo: MIT@Lawrence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLhz6YxuICY

24. Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs & Research Talloires Network Dewey on How We Think "…failure is not mere failure. It is instructive. The person whoreally thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes” (1933, p. 206) Different methods of evaluation: After-action-reflection student evaluations community partner evaluations quarterly meetings annual retreats (and celebrations) continuous dialogue! Participants:151 students59 staff 17 faculty 116 civic leaders/residents (adult)242 civic leaders/residents (teens)