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Transcript: no CSC Waiting Place Assets and Deficits NPU-V Community Cluster White Oak: 3.5 Belvedere: 3.5 Edgewood East Atlanta 4 (x2) Close to Emory University & Little 5 Points 3 Coan MS Community Why NPU-V? *Categorized for the community that is most optimal for receiving aid, NOT the "highest" stage of each criterion along its respective continuum. http://sndsi.org/npuvmap.html Coan Middle School Enrollment District Community Cluster Demographics & Geography 3.5 Churches White Oak Neighborhood Association Beauty Salons & Barber Shops Peachcrest Care Corps Community Center Veterans of Foreign Wars East Lake deficits http://laserturfse.com/featured-projects/featued-project-1/ Belvedere Neighborhoods Assets and Deficits DeKalb County 1 (x2) Reynoldstown: 2.5 Edgewood: 4 East Atlanta: 4.5 East Lake: 5 Kirkwood: 4.5 White Oak neighborhood Belvedere neighborhood Shows permanence Why was this our middle choice? Introduction 60% Towers High School Enrollment District Community Cluster Why is Harwood x2? 1 4 Total: Towers: 8.5 points Coan: 16.1 points NPU-V: 22.5 points 16.1 Assets and Deficits Rubric Demographics & Geography 1 Reynoldstown Neighborhood Planning Unit-V (NPU-V) Community Cluster 2 Adair Park: 4 Pittsburgh: 2.5 Peoplestown: 3 -ASSETS that can be used for further growth -strong community due to many different types of assets: -well cared for public spaces (i.e. parks) -many schools, like AUC, providing direct access to more community individuals -historic basis -many community non-profits -many active civic associations (ex. churches, neighborhood associations) CSC - city of ATL is already invested bc it's a historic neighborhood, no funds needed, so needs better CSC -but, this infrastructure needs a catalyst for growth Next: take advantage of AUC, Beltline, work on permanence in neighborhood, capitalize on sense of community More points = more qualified Mission: Advise The Rich Foundation on selecting a community to pilot a multi-year, multi-million dollar comphrensive community building initiative Where: a community in the greater Atlanta area Community Finalists: Towers High School community cluster Coan Middle School enrollment district community cluster Neighborhood Planning Unit-V (NPU-V) community cluster 5 Edgewood Shopping Plaza Community Garden East Lake Golf Course YMCA Kirkwood Boys & Girls Club Parks Mechanicsville: 3 Capitol Gateway: 5 Summer Hill: 3.5 8.5 Population: 31,590 86.4% African-American 9.7% White Suburban area Mostly commercial along main roads School Enrollment: 9,263 90% born in US 58.6% born in GA 4.1 DeKalb County Coan Middle School Enrollment District Community Cluster variation between neighborhoods schools (Coan & Drew Charter) area (Reynoldstown & East Lake) Demographics & Geography not bad enough existing resources and partnerships (CSC) Cradle-to-College Pipeline with East Lake schools, Zeist Foundation strong sense of community prolonged effective investment White Oak Neighborhoods Capitol Gateway Mechanicsville Adair Park Pittsburgh Peoplestown Summer Hill 5 (x2) NPU-V is the neighborhood that we recommend for the pilot project of your long term comprehensive community building initiative. The Coan Middle School enrollment district community is the second recommendation and the Towers High School enrollment district is third. 3.5 Towers HS Community Why was this our last choice? Our Recommendation 22.5 Mixed- income community Racial Diversity 58.5% African-American 36.9% White Kirkwood 55% A.J.O.E. Consulting Firm NPU-V Community Took average score of all neighborhoods in community Towers High School Enrollment District Community Cluster OUCP Data Neighborhood Nexus Median Household Income: $45,184 Lack of transportation, no sidewalks Few grocery stores Abandoned Peachtree Elementary School Abandoned warehouses & businesses