| Tuesday, February 21, 2005 10:00 A.M. (continental breakfast will be available before the meeting) |
Please use the 6th Street entrance.
Parking is available at the National Constitution Center Parking Garage.
A list of attendees will be given to the Security Guard in the Main Lobby. Upon arrival, please check in with the Guard for a visitor badge and proceed to the 8th floor DVRPC Conference Room. Continental breakfast will be served beginning at 9:30 a.m.
In case of inclement weather, please contact our offices at 215/592-1800 for information on postponement or cancellation of the meeting.
1. Welcome and Introductions - Richard Bickel, Deputy Director, DVRPC, Regional Planning Division
2. The Community Design Collaborative's "Design Challenge"- Beth Miller, Executive Director, Community Design Collaborative
The Community Design Collaborative of AIA Philadelphia is a community design center serving nonprofit organizations in the Philadelphia region. The Collaborative recently sponsored its "Design Challenge", which brought together three teams of architects and engineers who developed solutions to affordable housing for specific in-fill sites in Philadelphia. Ms. Miller will discuss why in-fill development is essential to rebuilding low-wealth neighborhoods, and how it is forcing a wider variety of design and construction approaches within the affordable housing sector.
3. Employment Centers in the Delaware Valley, 2000 - Mary E. Bell, Principal Planning Analyst, DVRPC
DVRPC recently completed a new report, Year 2000 Employment Centers, which provides data on the nature and location of employment throughout the region. Ms Bell will summarize the methodology and findings of the report, and discuss the relationship between the location of the region's employment and the price of housing.
4. Recent HUD Initiatives - David McCarraher, Operation Specialist, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Mr. McCarraher will briefly discuss recent initiatives and news from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, including the FHA reinvention, the Energy Action Plan, Faith-based outreach, and inter-agency collaboration efforts.
5. Agency Updates
Committee members are invited to provide updates on ongoing activities and initiatives within their individual County or agency.
6. Old Business
7. New Business
8. Adjournment
The next meeting of the DVRPC Regional Housing Committee is scheduled for Friday, April 7, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. in DVRPC's Main Conference Room.