Sixth Annual Convening of the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities’
Older Industrial Cities Working Group
Advancing Sustainable Regions and Communities
December 4-5, 2012
Kingsley Association
6435 Frankstown Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA
Goals for Meeting:
 Deepen learning from peers, experts, and place
 Report on Federal Reserve/philanthropy partnership and implications for working group activities
 Funders identify priority activities and joint learning topics for 2013, opportunities for
collaboration/collective action
 Highlight topic that cuts across TFN working groups, i.e. place making strategies, community
engagement & Federal engagement
Tuesday, December 4, 2012:
11:30
Bus Departs Omni Hotel to go to Kingsley Association for Site Visit Orientation
12:00
Gather at Kingsley Association – Box Lunches Served
12:15
Background Briefing for Site Visit and Bus Tour: Integrating Sustainability, Neighborhood
Revitalization/Stabilization & Economic Development
 Rob Stephany, Heinz Endowments and Malik Bankston, Kingsley Association
1:00-4:45
Site Visit and Bus Tour of Larimer neighborhood, Pittsburgh:
Below are few tour stops in sequential order
 Go to Larimer Avenue (Revitalization of African American neighborhood)
 From Larimer Ave to Bakery Square (‘Outside-in development strategy and
Google impact)
 From Bakery Square to Pittsburgh Glass Center (Arts initiative and commercial
revitalization strategy)
 Return to Hotel at 4:45 pm
6:15
Bus Departs Omni Hotel for Reception
6:30-7:45
TFN- Heinz Endowments Reception: Mt. Washington House
Welcome from Ben Starrett, TFN and Caren Glotfelty, Heinz Endowments
Wednesday, December 5, 2012: Kingsley Association, 6435 Frankstown Ave, Pittsburgh
7:45
Bus Departs Omni Hotel for Kingsley Association
8:00
Breakfast available at Kingsley Association: Meet and Greet
8:30
Welcome and Introductions
Wendy Jackson and Caren Glotfelty, OlC Restoring Prosperity Funders’ Steering Committee
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8:50
Opening Conversation: Neighborhood Revitalization Stories of Place: Honesty in the
the face of population decline
Moderator - Wendy Jackson, Program Officer, Kresge Foundation
 Jeffrey Glebocki, Raymond J. Wean Foundation
 Don Chen, Ford Foundation
 Caren Glotfelty, Heinz Endowments
10:15
Break
10:35
Working Group update and brief discussion: Where to Go from Here
Julie Seward, Bob Jaquay & Shawn Escoffery
 2013 work plan highlights
 Update re Anchor learning group
 Federal Reserve/Philanthropy Initiative report back and dashboard project
 Questions and Discussion
11:15
Facilitated dialogue: What works session – Keys to resiliency in mid market Older
Cities
Moderator – Ben Starrett, Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
 Cara Matteliano, Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo
 Richard Walker, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
12:15
Working Lunch – Post election Debrief: What 2012 election results portend for Older
cities?
 Jennifer Vey, Brookings
1:00
Break
1:15
Moderated roundtables: re 2013 Learning agenda/Hot Topics/Shared challenges
Facilitators include TFN staff and consultants & Heinz Endowments staff
 Interactive Funder to Funder engagement
 Lift up shared challenges & solutions
 Around the horn - Report out
2:25 pm
Upcoming Activities and Meeting Wrap Up
Kris Smith, Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
2:30 pm
Adjourn
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