Reimagining Communities: Affecting change to influence investment
How changing zoning laws and re-thinking land use guidelines can be catalytic to foster quality affordable housing development. Improving opportunities to grow generational wealth for disenfranchised communities often means revising policies and laws which impede housing development in urban markets. Come hear this distinguished panel and Keynote discuss practical changes that can immediately spur development in our cities.
Keynote Speaker
Sara Bronin
Professor at Cornell University and Founder of DesegregateCT
Sara Bronin is a Mexican-American architect, attorney, professor, and policymaker whose interdisciplinary work focuses on how law and policy can foster more equitable, sustainable, well-designed, and connected places. She is a Professor of the Cornell College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, an Associated Faculty Member of the Cornell Law School, and a Faculty Fellow of the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability. more
Panelists
- Melissa Kaplan-Macey
CT Regional Plan Association – Moderator - Sara Bronin
Professor at Cornell University and Founder of DesegregateCT - Dr. Fred McKinney
Co-Founder of BJM Solutions (an Economics Consulting firm) and former Carlton Highsmith Chair for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Quinnipiac University. - Arunan Arulampalan
CEO Hartford Land Bank