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I argue that neighborhoods need to create their own multifaceted plans. I have been talking with someone in the Reservoir Hill neighborhood in Baltimore (I spent a day there last month, but haven't written anything publicly yet) about extending their greening approaches (http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-07-14/features/bs-gr-reservoir-hill-greening-20110713_1_community-gardening-reservoir-hill-improvement-council-greening-campaign ) to other areas of their program, housing, schools & youth, intraorganizational development and community capacity building, and local business development.

WRT housing, I suggested that they need to differentiate between foreclosure counseling, and recapturing already vacant houses and lots (they have a few hundred vacant buildings), and have a thumbnail action plan for each property.

They could start with this:

- http://www.flickr.com/photos/rllayman/326019814/
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/rllayman/326019809/in/photostream/

And Mallach's _Bringing Buildings Back_.

Anacostia needs to do the same.

by Richard Layman on Aug 9, 2011 4:10 pm • link • report

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