Power of Diversity Lecture Series: Life through Mixed-Income Communities: Reality Check from Residents and Practitioners - moderated by Mark L. Joseph, PhD - March 22, 2023 at 12:30 PM

Bringing the Power of Diversity to Life through Mixed-Income Communities:

Reality Check from Residents and Practitioners

Power of Diversity Panel
Friday, March 22
12:30p-2:00p

There is now conclusive evidence that diverse neighborhoods lead to more economic mobility than
segregated neighborhoods (Harvard University Opportunity Insights). But how do we create diverse
neighborhoods in cities as segregated as Cleveland? One policy approach is intentionally mixed-income
housing and communities. Cleveland won a $35 million federal Choice Neighborhoods Initiative grant in
2021 to transform the Woodhill Homes public housing estates into a mixed-income community. Case
Western Reserve University is the lead anchor institution for the initiative. The first new mixed-income
building, Woodhill Station West, will open in February 2024. Come hear residents and practitioners
discuss their aspirations for the building and the challenges that they are facing to make an inclusive,
equitable community come to life.
Panelists:

Woodhill Legacy Resident

Yvette Hunt
Resident Street Captain
Buckeye Neighborhood Ambassador
CWRU Alumna

Karla Trammel
Director of Community Life
The Community Builders

L’Carla Burns
Community Manager
Woodhill Station West
The Community Builders



Moderator:
Mark Joseph, Ph.D.
Leona Bevis and Marguerite Haynam Professor of Community Development
Founding Director, National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
Case Western Reserve University

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