Promoting Housing Growth in Your Community – An Economic Developer’s Toolkit
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Communities across the country have recognized a growing housing crisis with many facets: workforce housing, “missing middle” housing, lack of housing options, affordable housing, etc. The crisis is directly impacting our work as economic developers as the housing crisis is constraining our workforce, making it harder to attract new industrial and commercial projects. But, what is an economic developer to do?
Join us for a session on practical tools and case studies of how you can address these issues head-on. We will examine the trends impacting housing, tools for you to gauge the scope of the problem in your community, the spectrum of housing options to consider, talking points you can use with your stakeholders, and policies and programs that can be used to grow your housing stock. We will walk through an example of the process of creating a housing strategy and two case studies of community-sponsored housing developments.
Michael N’dolo, CEcD
Director / Practice Lead – Economic Development
Strategic advisor, executive, and economic development practitioner. Michael is a nationally-recognized expert on economic development trends and programs, and has supported communities in over half of the states in the U.S., across a range of community typography, from diverse, multi-county regions to individual rural villages. With experience in private sector real estate development, Michael brings a unique insight to our client-communities—providing valuable, actionable advice on how best to diversify the local economy, and facilitating communitywide conversations on development.
Kris Phillips
Senior Economic Analyst & Project Manager
Dedicated and detail-oriented economic development expert based in Charlotte, NC. With over a decade of experience in economic development, site selection, business expansion, organizational leadership and fundraising, Kris has made significant contributions to both the public and private sectors. Prior to joining MRB Group, Kris served as Assistant Director of Economic Development for Chester County, South Carolina, where he executed a business attraction strategy that resulted in more than $2.5 billion in announcements in three years.