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A
B
Good
evening,
everybody
thank
you
for
joining
us
tonight
for
a
presentation
from
the
urban
redevelopment
authority.
They
have.
They
do
a
lot,
a
ton
of
really
interesting
and
amazing
work
for
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
So
I
think
we're
really
going
to
enjoy
this
presentation
based
on
some
of
the
feedback
and
questions
that
we've
had
from
from
sessions
past.
B
So
thanks
for
joining
us
tonight
really
quickly,
just
a
few
housekeeping
and
schedule
scheduling,
notes
so
one
as
usual,
we'll
try
to
hold
questions
until
the
end,
and
then
we
can
raise
our
hands
and
and
I'll
facilitate
the
questions
at
that
time.
B
When
you
do
speak,
try
to
give
your
name
and
the
neighborhood
that
you're
from
just
so
that
we
can
give
director
walker
a
little
bit
of
an
idea
of
who
she's
speaking
with-
and
my
second
note
is-
you
should
have
received
an
email
from
me
today
saying
that
we
are
canceling
or,
I
should
say,
rescheduling
next
week
session.
So
next
week
on
january
20th
we
were
supposed
to
meet
with
emergency
medical
services
and
our
the
pittsburgh
bureau
of
fire.
C
B
Our
next
wednesday
evening,
so
we
thought
it
would
be
best
just
to
try
to
avoid
any
type
of
discrepancies
there
and
reschedule
for
february
10th.
So
that's
the
day.
That
would
normally
be
our
graduation
and
then
our
graduation
is
pushed
back
one
week.
If
you
have
any
questions
about
that
concerns
or
issues,
please
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
me,
because
there
was
a
schedule,
change,
I'm
not
being
super
strict
or
anything
about
I'm
flexible
about.
B
You
know
figuring
out
ways
that
we
can
work
around
that
so
without
further
ado,
I'm
going
to
kick
it
over
to
deputy
director
of
the
urban
redevelopment
authority,
diamante
walker.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
tonight.
Thank
you
for.
D
Having
me
leah
good
evening,
everybody
so
with
that,
so
I
I
am,
I
love
doing
these
sessions.
I
think
that
the
civic
leadership
academy
is
such
a
cool
concept.
It's
a
way
to
connect
public
practitioners
to
the
general
public
and
provide
some
level
of
you,
know,
transparency
and
and
open
dialogue
around
how
our
how
our
quasi-governmental
functions
here
at
the
ura
work.
We
are
an
economic
development
partner
to
the
city,
and
so
I
do
have
a
presentation
that
will
sort
of
walk
you
through
our
work,
our
mission
and
vision.
D
I'm
gonna
leave
plenty
of
time
for
questions
and
answers,
because
I
really
think
that
it's
important
for
this
to
be
a
two-way
level
of
communication,
but
I
do
want
to
make
sure
that
you
receive
an
organized
presentation
to
really
help
formulate
the
picture
of
what
the
ura
does
in
the
fantastic
team
that
I
have
the
privilege
of
working
with.
So
I'm
going
to
ask
you
for
a
moment
of
patience.
While
I
try
to
pull
up
my
slide
deck
here
and
share
my
screen.
D
Okay,
I
see
a
lot
of
heads
nodding
great
all
right,
so
right
off
the
bat
here
we're
going
to
talk
about
how
you
know
really
the
ura,
the
urban
redevelopment
authority
is
here
for
pittsburgh.
If
I
had
to
sum
up
the
work
that
we
do,
we
show
up
each
and
every
day
for
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
D
You
are
cohort
number
seven
of
the
mayor,
civic
leadership,
academy
and-
and
so
again
I
am
just
you
know-
very,
very
privileged
and
proud
to
be
able
to
present
to
you
today.
D
So,
let's
start
with
the,
why
I
mean
it's
very
important
when
we're
having
these
discussions
that
you
understand
why
we
do
what
we
do
so
here
is
a
snapshot
of
our
mission
and
vision,
and
so
it
says
here
that
we
exist
to
support
the
city
of
pittsburgh's
economic
development
goals
which
are
designed
to
create
create
a
city
of
inclusive
opportunity
for
residents,
stakeholders
and
communities.
D
That
is
saying
a
mouthful
in
a
moment.
I'm
going
to
show
you
a
little
bit
about
what
the
ura's
previous
mission
and
vision
was,
and
if
you,
if
you
were
tuned
into
the
work
that
we
did,
you
would
hear
us
talk
a
lot
about
increasing
the
city's
tax
base
and
you
know
really:
brass
tax,
nuts
and
bolts
economic
development
land.
You
know
land
utilization
and
you
know
public
financing
and
what
we
discovered
is
that
people
are
really
at
the
center
of
what
we
do
and
why
we
do
it.
D
We
want
to
encourage
entrepreneurialism
and
small
business
development
at
you
know,
at
the
neighborhood
level,
at
the
main
street
level,
the
focus
is
on
promoting
an
inclusive
growth
and
quality.
A
job
creation
mechanism.
Pittsburgh
is
growing.
Pittsburgh
is
a
vibrant
city.
We
want
to
ensure
that
we
are
including
all
demographics
and
pro
and
and
diverse
populations
to
ensure
that
everybody
has
a
shot
at
making
a
good
quality
of
life.
Here
in
pittsburgh,
we
are
focusing
on
expanding
a
neighborhood
and
main
street
revitalization
efforts
toward
the
end
of
this
evening.
D
I
will
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
avenues
of
hope
initiatives.
Some
of
you
may
have
heard
of
that
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
that
is
and
why
it's
been
developed
and
last,
but
certainly
not
least,
we
are
focused
on
developing
a
talented
workforce
that
is
equipped
with
the
skills
of
the
future,
and
that
is
both
an
internal
and
external
focus.
So
we
are
not
only
focused
on
you
know:
building
a
talented
workforce
outside
of
the
ura.
D
So
our
approach,
you
know
we're
talking
about
building
strong
communities
through
economic
development.
Well,
there
are
a
couple
of
different
ways
to
do
that
and
the
lens
through
which
we
attempt
to
do.
That
is
something
that
we've
been
terming
equity,
economics
and
so
not
talking
about
equity.
D
Looking
at
opportunity,
deserts
and
shifting
those
to
opportunity
neighborhoods,
everybody
should
live
in
a
zip
code
that
has
some
manner
of
opportunity.
Now.
That
sounds
very
altruistic,
but
you
know
we
believe
that
it's
a
fundamental
human
right
to
have
access
to
quality
housing,
good
air
quality.
You
know
good
water,
like
those
are
fun,
that's
what
it
takes
to
really
create
healthy
holistic
human
beings,
and
so
I'm
looking
at
you
know,
neighborhood
wealth
creation.
D
How
can
we
keep
dollars
circulating
in
communities
so
that
that
ecosystem
is
strong
so
that
we're
retaining
talent
and
accelerating
growth
in
a
responsible
way?
All
growth
is
not
good
growth.
We
want
smart
growth,
livable
wages.
So
how
can
we
engineer
our
projects
to
create
jobs
that
provide
a
livable
wage
and
preparing
you
know:
labor
labor,
force,
preparation
and
packaging,
helping.
You
know,
folks,
to
understand
the
talent
that
is
available
here
in
the
pittsburgh
market
as
they
seek.
D
You
know
to
come
to
our
city
and
then
again
last,
but
certainly
not
least,
you
know
focusing
on
the
minority
and
women
business
community,
which
is
a
strong
aspect
of
pittsburgh's
economy
and
making
sure
that
we
have
an
ecosystem
that
creates
interventions
that
meet
the
needs,
the
unique
needs
of
that
particular
population.
D
And
so,
if
you
think
of
the
ura,
I
mean
it's
an
organization,
so
it
has.
It
has
a
structure.
Now,
if
I
had
shown
you
this
slide.
A
year
ago,
you
might
have
seen
about
14
departments
represented
on
this
page.
Our
executive
director
at
the
time
had
about
15
to
20
direct
reports,
depending
on
where
we
were
sort
of
in
the
the
organizational
life
cycle,
and
so
we
decided
that
we
needed
to
simplify,
simplify,
simplify
yes,
we
are
a
quasi-governmental
agency,
but
we
interface
with
the
public.
D
We
interface
with
other
private
entities,
we
interface
with
the
mayor's
office.
So
how
can
we
make
this
digestible?
So
we
are
organized
into
three
four
sub
departments
which
are
central
operations,
which
is
our
legal
finance
hr
function.
Everybody
loves
that
stuff
right
lending
and
investments,
development,
services
and
businesses
solutions,
and
so
you
know
I,
as
the
deputy
executive
director,
I
oversee
our
central
operations
function
and
then
lend
some
level
of
strategic
direction
to
the
other
three
areas,
and
so
here
transitioning
to
executive
leadership.
D
We
have
a
dual
party
leadership
structure
at
the
ura
greg
flistrom
is
our
executive
director
and
I
am
the
deputy
executive
director,
and
so
we
work
in
tandem
to
focus
on
city
of
pittsburgh
at
large,
and
then
we
take
that
more
microscopic,
look
at
neighborhoods
and
communities
and
what
comprises
those
networks
in
our
city?
So
a
little
bit
about
greg,
I'm
not
going
to
read
his
whole
bio.
You
guys
are
going
to
get
a
copy
of
this.
D
So
if
you
are
interested
in
his
well-versed
background,
you
can
take
some
time
to
read
that
he
has
brought
a
a
really
refreshing
perspective
here
to
pittsburgh
around
economic
development
and
is
definitely
pushing
the
organization
to
become
more
entrepreneurial
and
really
thinking
creatively
about
when
we
put
public
resources
at
risk.
How
do
we
ensure
that
the
public
benefits
from
you
know
those
resources
being
deployed
a
little
bit
about
me
again?
I'm
not
going
to
read
my
whole
my
whole
bio
here,
but
you
guys
will
have
this
to
reference
it.
D
I
came
to
the
ura
in
2017
as
the
mwbe
program
officer
and
at
the
same
time
the
board
was
doing
some
soul
searching
around
the
future
of
the
ura,
and
it
became
very
clear
that
our
mwbe
strategy
could
lend
itself
to
a
larger,
more
expansive
strategy
around
how
to
become
a
more
equitable
organization.
And
so
I
always
say
that
you
know
I
do
not.
I
may
use
a
few
buzzwords
and
we're
all
going
to
have
to
use
that
lexicon.
D
But
for
me
it's
about
impact,
it's
not
about
saying
fancy
words
that
sound
good.
It's
about
making
sure
that
we're
doing
the
work
in
such
a
way
that
folks
are
benefiting
and
if
they're
not
benefiting
that
we're
having
that
dialogue
around
how
to
create
an
economy
that
that
is
more
fair
for
everybody,
and
so
our
governance
structure,
we're
a
public
body
and
our
board
members
are
appointed
by
the
mayor's
office.
So
mayor
bill,
peduto
appoints
our
board.
D
You
know
based
on
the
strategic
direction
and
the
needs
of
the
city,
and
so
our
board
members
serve
five
terms
and
they
have
some
really
unique
and
unique
powers
they
have.
They
have
the
ability
to
approve
projects
real
estate
transactions,
to
you
know,
approved
various
programs
and
in
a
pretty
significant
tranche
of
public
and
philanthropic
and
private
dollars
that
are
earned
through
the
ura's
various
revenue
streams
and
fundraising
efforts.
D
Our
meetings
are
pretty
consistently
held
on
at
two
o'clock
in
the
afternoon,
the
second
thursday
of
each
month
that
that
doesn't
change
a
whole
lot.
Unless
there
are
extraordinary
circumstances,
we
just
completed
11
months
of
solely
virtual
board
meetings
in
the
ura's
74
year
history.
We
are
approaching
our
75th
anniversary
this
year.
In
fact,
and
so
here
is
our
board
of
our
illustrious
board
of
directors.
You
can
see
here
very
diverse
representation.
D
Sam
williamson
is
our
chair,
the
honorable
ed
gainey,
who
is
a
state
representative
here
in
pittsburgh,
the
honorable
daniel
lavalle
who's
a
councilman
over
district
six,
which
is
the
hill
district,
which
is
the
neighborhood
that
I
am
from
here
in
pittsburgh.
Jody
hirsch,
who
has
you
know
very
strong
ties
to
the
community
and
then
lindsay
powell,
who
is
the
assistant
chief
of
staff
to
mayor
william
peduto.
So
you
can
see
here
that
we
have
a
very
engaged,
highly
skilled
board,
who
is
very,
very
passionate
about
the
ura's
mission?
D
Okay,
so,
with
that,
I'm
going
to
transition
to
taking
a
look
back,
do
a
little
bit
of
reflection
around.
You
know
our
history.
What
what
got
us
here
so,
if
you've
heard
about
the
ura
you've
heard
about
its
you
know
relatively
problematic
past
here
in
pittsburgh,
and
some
of
its
policies
that
have
really
created
some
economic
challenges
for
certain
communities
hit
the
hill
district
being
you
know
being
one
of
them,
and
so
you
know,
we
firmly
believe
that
we
are
not
able
to
move
forward
and
chart
this.
D
You
know
this
new
trajectory
and
to
do
this
sort
of
reparational
level
of
development
unless
we
acknowledge
the
history
of
the
organization
and
that
we
put
the
work
in
the
proper
context,
and
so
the
ura
is
very
different
than
it
used
to
be.
You
know,
50
or
60
years
ago,
and
these
systems
are
made
up
by
the
people
who
are
in
decision
with
decision-making
authority
and
so
from
a
historical
perspective.
D
The
ura
was
formed
in
1945
by
enabling
a
federal
legislation
that
allowed
states
to
form
organizations
that
could
help
to
eliminate
blight
and
to
supply
sanitary
housing
throughout
the
commonwealth.
And
so
the
city
formed
the
redevelopment
authority
in
1946
and
so
from
the
1940s
to
the
1970s.
D
The
ura
was
really
focusing
on
transforming
the
city
through
an
urban
renewal
agenda.
You
will
learn
that
urban
renewal
is
like
a
four-letter
word
and
so
because
it
essentially
sought
to
improve
the
city
and
didn't
honor
the
place
and
the
people
that
were
already
in
you
know
that
were
already
living
and
thriving
in
those
areas,
and
so
one
of
the
most
notable
examples
of
of
you
know
this.
This.
D
This
goal
to
transform
the
city
through
an
urban
renewal
agenda
was
the
destruction
of
95
acres
of
homes
and
businesses
in
the
lower
hill,
which
was
the
cultural
heart
of
pittsburgh's
african-american
community,
resulting
in
the
displacement
of
nearly
8
000
residents
and
hundreds
of
businesses.
D
D
D
You
know
I'm
always
thinking
about
that
historical
context
and
that
bridge
between
the
decisions
that
were
made
then
and
the
ones
that
we
make
today,
and
so
this
is
a
snapshot
here
of
pre-development
around
1935
in
pittsburgh
and
then
post-development
late
1960s,
where
the
the
point
was
one
of
the
ura's
very
first
projects,
all
right
so
time,
and
if
there
are
questions
about
that,
we
will
go
over
that.
But
I
want
to
keep
this
moving
so
our
current
work,
you
know
what
are
we
doing
now,
so
we've
learned
from
the
lessons
of
the
past.
D
We
still
contend
with
that.
You
know
it
is
working,
it
has
become,
you
know,
a
much
different
organization
than
it
used
to
be,
and
so
how
are
we
strategically
advancing
our
shared
goals
with
the
city
to
create
a
city
of
inclusive
opportunity?
D
Talk
a
little
bit
about
that
notion
of
creating
housing,
that's
affordable
to
the
average
pittsburgher.
So
we
talk
a
lot
about
affordable
housing.
But
what
is
the
income
of
the
average
pittsburgher
and
what
can
the
average
pittsburgher
afford,
and
how
can
we
use
our
tools
to
keep
that
affordability
there?
D
What's
already
there,
we
have
a
beautiful
city,
but
it
has
an
aging
housing
stock,
and
if
we
do
not
intervene,
we
will
lose
that
housing
stock
and
then
there's
that
people
scale
level.
So
there's
the
bricks
and
mortar
element,
and
then
there
are
people
there
are
renters
and
homeowners,
especially
during
this
time
of
covet
that
are
facing
a
lot
of
economic
challenges.
And
so
how
can
we
deploy
some
of
those
dollars
to
help
renters
and
home
buyers
and
home
owners
out
during
this
time
of
of
of
economic
uncertainty?
D
And
so
we
do
affordable
for
sale.
Rentals
help
folks
buy
their
first
home
and
make
critical
home
repairs
to
keep
folks
in
their
homes
and
then
to
help
renters
get
back
on
their
feet,
and
so
our
programs
are
not
going
to
read
the
litany
of
programs,
but
again
they.
The
programs
are
designed
to
provide
those
interventions
that
can
either
state
provide
some
economic
stability
to
families
that
are
facing
a
challenge
or
to
work
with
the
non-profit
development
community
to
create
additional,
affordable
units.
D
One
new
program
that
will
be
rolling
out
this
year
is
housing,
legal
assistance
to
help
deal
with
the
eviction
moratorium
that
will
shortly
be
lifted,
and
we
know
that
folks
are
gonna
pay.
You
know
face
an
apocalyptic
level
of
of
economic
term
to
mold,
and
so
how
can
we
provide
some
legal
support
so
that
folks
are
not
left
to?
You
know
left
to
figure
this
out
on
their
own,
so
it's
10
million
dollars
per
year.
D
The
city
of
pittsburgh
commits
this
funding
annually
and
I
think
it's
a
testament
to
the
city's
commitment
to
trying
to
reduce
that
20
000,
affordable
unit
shortage.
We
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do.
10
million
dollars
is
certainly
not
enough
and
we
continue
to
look
for
additional
resources
to
try
to
remedy
this.
The
karazhak
dollars
that
have
come
down
have
certainly
been
helpful,
but
you
know
more
is
needed,
and
so
here
are
a
few
pictures
of
some
of
our
pittsburgh
housing
development
corporation,
which
is
our
develop
nonprofit
development
arm.
D
I
serve
as
the
executive
director
of
the
phdc
with
the
help
of
our
deputy
executive
director
rich
knight,
and
the
goal
is
to
essentially,
you
know,
identify
properties
that
can
be
brought
back
to
productive
use.
We
provide
some
level
of
subsidy
and
technical
assistance
to
help
low
to
moderate
income.
Buyers,
move
into
pittsburgh's
high
opportunity,
neighborhoods.
D
So
encouraging
entrepreneurship
and
small
business
development,
catapult
startup
storefront.
This
is
an
example
of
a
program
that
we
piloted
a
couple
of
years
ago
to
try
to
determine
what
would
happen
if
we
provided
technical,
financial
and
and
rental
support
to
small
minority
owned
businesses
on
one
of
the
busiest
quarters
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
which
is
penn
avenue.
If
we
gave
them
a
storefront
opportunity,
could
these
women
could
be?
Could
these
black
owned
businesses
thrive?
D
And
so
that
was
a
a
bet
that
I
that
I
sort
of
hedged
a
couple
of
years
ago
and
said
that
if
we
provide
the
right
level
of
technical
support,
we
work
with
the
right
partners
that
we
that
we
can
really
make
a
difference,
and
so
the
ura
partnered,
with
what
was
then
circles
greater
pittsburgh,
which
is
now
catapult,
which
is
a
non-profit
organization,
run
by
tammy
thompson,
and
we
supported
12
businesses
through
a
cohort,
and
this
this
incubator
actually
won
the
international
economic
development
council
award
for
the
bronze
category
for
equity
and
growth
and
inclusion,
and
so
again
that
was
a
20
000
investment
on
the
part
of
the
ura.
D
It
has
since
gone
on
to
to
win
an
award
of
one
million
dollars
from
the
pnc
foundation,
because
it's
proven
to
be
that
effective
and
so
here's
a
picture
of
their
their
their
beautiful,
smiling
faces
cutting
the
ribbon
on
their
very
own
storefront,
which
is
really
a
model
that
doesn't
exist
anywhere
else
in
the
city,
which
is
co
located
retail
and
this
was
actually
before
kovit.
D
So
we
find
now
that
folks
are
even
more
challenged
to
take
on
space
by
themselves
and
so
another
way
that
we
advance
entrepreneurship
is
by
providing
business
growth
and
recovery
tools,
low
interest
rate
loans
to
small
businesses,
many
of
them
minority
or
women
owned.
But
certainly
you
know
anybody
in
pittsburgh
with
a
dream
who
wants
to.
You
know
need
some
seat
capital
to
try
to
launch
that
business.
We
provide
up
to
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
through
various
instruments
and
tools.
D
Promoting
inclusive
job,
inclusive
growth
and
quality,
job
creation,
so
again
the
lower
heel,
which
is
which
is
a
very
controversial
project
on
the
lower
28th
one
because
of
its
history
and
two
because
of
the
moment
in
front
of
us
to
really
do
development
in
a
way
that
is
restorative
and
provides
real
community
benefit
to
a
community.
That
is,
you
know,
invariably
been
harmed
by
some
of
the
decisions
of
this
very
same
organization.
And
so
the
goal
here
is
to
develop
the
site
in
such
a
way
that
provides
workforce
development
opportunities.
D
Wealth
building
initiatives
include
inclusionary
housing,
so
some
affordable
housing
and
then
to
figure
out
a
way
to
ensure
that
that
investment
finds
its
way
above
crawford
street,
which
you
know
which
runs
across
the
lower
hill
in
the
greater
hill
district
and
to
deploy
more
than
40
million
dollars
of
of
tax,
abated
investment
into
the
greater
hill
district,
and
so
that
that
that's
very,
very
important.
D
That
is
the
work
that
the
ura
does
interceding
on
behalf
of
community,
to
try
to
negotiate
for
the
the
highest
and
best
use
of
public
public
benefit
and
community
benefit.
So
economic
recovery
and
growth.
We've
had
to
contend
with
covet
like
everybody
else
during
this
pandemic,
it
has
been.
D
You
know,
it
has
been
a
moment
for
us
to
again
take
a
pause
and
to
evaluate
why
we
do
what
we
do
and
how
can
we
be
more
effective
in
showing
up
for
pittsburgh
residents
and
pittsburgh
businesses,
and
so
we
created
two
fundamental
responses
to
covet
one
with
small
business
support
by
in
in
the
in
the
form
of
an
emergency
loan
fund
and
then
housing,
crisis
prevention,
and
so
the
url-
I
am
you
know
fortunate-
to
work
with
a
wonderful
amazing
team
of
practitioners
and
public
policy
makers
and
public
financers,
who
really
you
know,
got
creative
and
thinking
about
how
to
take
the
relatively
nascent
resources
that
the
ura
has
at
its
disposal
and
how
to
re-engineer
those
tools
into
something
that
could
provide
some
measure
of
relief
to
the
pittsburgh
community.
D
And
so
here
are
a
few
numbers
here
to
share
with
you
about
our
small
business
support
efforts.
That's
nearly
6.8
million
dollars
deployed,
that's
280
loans,
closed
282
of
them,
minority
applicants,
207
70,
were
women
applicants
and
why
this
is
extraordinary
is
because
in
an
average
year
the
ura
does
about
50
loans,
50
loans,
so
we
nearly
you
know,
quadrupled
quintupled
our
effort
here
to
to
provide
support,
and
it
was
not.
D
It
was
not
easy,
and
so
here
is
a
quote
from
one
of
the
businesses
that
were
helped,
and
you
know
it
says
the
ura
was
a
business
saver.
For
me,
I
needed
that
emergency
loan
fund
cushion
to
get
through
that
period
where
I
was
shut
down.
I
was
so
relieved
when
that
deposit
was
made.
The
ura's
been
amazing
and
that
is
jill
smallwood
from
j
coco
hauling
and
on
the
front
the
housing
support
front.
D
You
know
providing
more
than
1.8
million
dollar
grants
to
keep
folks
in
their
housing,
981
families
assisted
and
that's
about
eighteen
hundred
dollars
average
and
most
of
those
recipients
were
at
thirty
percent
area,
median
income
or
below
so
really
finding
a
way
to
show
up
for
the
most
vulnerable
in
our
population.
D
88
of
those
minority
head
of
household
and
78
women
head
of
household,
so
additional
covet
supports.
You
know,
providing
ways
for
folks
to
get
online
business,
education's
seminars
and
that
catapult
start
up
the
storefront
helping
those
businesses
go
virtual
because
we
certainly
could
not
operate
that
retail
venue
during
the
pandemic
and
then
providing
creative
support
for
business
districts
in
the
way
of
a
sidewalk
sales
program,
as
well
as
some
biz
bus
grants
to
keep
folks
excited
and
energetic
around
some
of
these
small
businesses.
D
You
know
you
know
when
we
were
not
able
to
be
in
in
physical
proximity,
and
so,
as
an
aside
from
that.
So
while
we
were
deploying
these
various
different
tools,
it
became
clear
to
us
that,
while
the
ura
can
do
a
fantastic
job
of
showing
up
for
the
small
business
community
at
the
end
of
the
day,
it
is
a
large
redevelopment
authority
with
a
mission
on
bringing
properties
back
to
productive
use.
D
So
we
wanted
to
create
a
vehicle
that
could
maintain
the
focus
on
showing
up
for
the
small
business
community,
even
when
the
ura
might
need
to
pivot
back
to
really
focusing
on
broader,
larger
economic
development
interventions,
and
so
we
created
the
invest,
pgh
cdfi
a
cdfi
is
a
community
development,
financial
institution.
It's
basically,
you
know
akin
to
a
bank
that
can
take
on
phila
philanthropic
dollars
to
essentially
re-vest
into
vulnerable
communities,
and
so
we
are.
We
have
a
15
million
dollar
fundraising
goal.
It's
currently
underway.
D
We
were
seated
by
pnc
foundation
in
the
amount
of
two
and
a
half
million
dollars
and
continue
to
try
to
to
fundraise
to
build
those
resources,
and
so
the
purpose
of
invest
pgh
is
just
to
continue
that
that
strain
of
the
ura
wanting
to
maximize
impact
to
stay
small
stay
local,
keep
pittsburgh
at
the
center
of
what
we
do
and
to
always
be
mindful
that
equitable
solutions
matter.
D
B
B
Okay,
it
looks
like
we're
at
6.
40.
people
want
to
come
back
and
we
can
get
started
again.
Director,
walker,
all.
D
Right,
so
this
is
the
second
half
here
and
it's
not
as
long
as
the
first
half,
but
you
know
we'll
focus
on
expanding
neighborhood
and
main
street
revitalization
efforts-
and
I
mentioned
earlier
that
I
would
talk
a
little
bit
about
a
concept
by
the
name
of
avenues
of
hope,
and
so
you
may
have
seen
press
releases
about
this.
You
may
have
heard
about
this,
and
so
really
you
know
again.
I've
talked
about
it.
D
The
ura
is
a
huge
redevelopment
authority
with
a
focus
on
land,
recycling
and
public
financing
and
moving
major
economic
development
projects,
but
it's
very
clear
to
the
to
the
ura
that
we
can't
do
that
at
the
expense
of
community
and
neighborhood
fabric.
D
So,
avenues
of
hope
is
designed
as
a
holistic
model
for
rebuilding
pittsburgh's
black
main
streets,
and
so
really
the
the
idea
was
born
out
of
the
tumult
during
the
civil
unrest
during
the
the
summer,
and
so
avenues
of
hope
is
certainly
not
a
solution
for
all
that
ails
us,
but
it
does
require
a
moment
where
we
become
reflective
about
how
we're
using
our
resources
and
whether
or
not
they
are
both
place
based
and
people
first,
and
so
this
is
a
concept
that's
designed
to
intervene
across
all
layers
of
what
it
takes
to
create
a
successful,
healthy
and
sustainable
main
street.
D
We're
going
to
focus
on
seven
major
business
corridors
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
many
of
them
that
have
not
been
invested
in
for
at
least
between
50
to
80
years
in
any
significant
manner,
which
explains
why
people
who
live
there
are,
you
know
not
keeping
pace
with
the
growth
and
opportunities
available
in
our
city.
It's
because
of
lack
of
investment,
not
because
of
some
sort
of
fault
on
the
part
of
on
the
part
of
people
gold.
D
The
goal
is
to
invest
in
existing
small
businesses
and
residents,
supporting
the
inclusive
growth
of
those
neighborhoods,
and
so
the
ura
is
developing
a
toolkit
and
tactics
that
will
help
to
implement
this
initiative
to
build
on
the
work
that
the
ura
is
already
doing
in
neighborhoods
and
really
working
with
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
D
To
you
know,
you
know
sort
of
stack
the
tools
that
are
available
for
housing,
investment,
workplace
connectivity,
I'm
sorry,
workforce
connectivity,
commercial
corridor,
activation,
renovating
facades
and
pushing
properties
to
green,
as
well
as
creating
impactful,
mwbe
and
small
business
supports,
and
so
I
talked
about
that
two-prong
approach,
both
place-based
and
people-based,
and
so
focusing
on
you
know:
building
wealth
through
real
estate,
development
and
ownership,
public
space
and
public
realm
improvements,
the
preservation
of
affordable
housing
and
then
with
people
at
the
center,
really
focusing
on
that
entrepreneurial
support.
D
D
That
explains
what
we
do
and
some
of
the
tools
that
we're
able
to
use
and
then,
when
it
comes
to
housing,
looking
at
first-time
home
buyers,
supports
really
fully
maximizing
the
housing
opportunity
fund
and
working
in
tandem
with
the
phdc
to
help
with
the
build
environment
and
bringing
that
affordable
home
ownership
stock
to
fruition.
D
And
so
this
model
is
really
developed
around
the
revitalization
of
center
avenue,
which
is
essentially
one
of
the
avenues
of
hope,
which
has
been
an
opportunity
to
create
real
estate
development
opportunities
for
local
and
minority
developers.
D
To
do
this
in
a
way
that
honors
and
builds
upon
the
african-american
cultural
legacy,
that's
in
the
community
bringing
the
community's
master
plan
that
it
designed
and
it
developed
to
fruition
using
this,
the
economic
development
tools
of
the
ura,
and
so
it's
really.
The
purpose
is
to
foster
an
environment
of
economic.
D
So
we
talk
about
this
notion
of
restorative
or
repertory
development.
We
talked
about,
what's
happened
in
the
lower
hill,
and
so
we
are
trying
to
revitalize
the
the
low
the
upper
part
of
center
avenue.
So
that
is
the
lower
hill
is
revitalized.
D
This
is
at
the
intersection
of
center
in
kirkpatrick,
thomas
boyd
who's,
a
barber
who's
been
in
the
neighborhood
running
his
business
for
nearly
14
years
is
going
to
build
upon
ham's
legacy
and
take
on
the
ham's
barber
shop,
but
for
the
ura
revamping
its
entire,
our
you
know
request
for
proposals
process.
You
don't
get
to
position
a
business
owner
like
thomas
boyd
to
take
on
you
know,
ham's
barber
shop
without
those
those
supports,
and
so
we've
partnered
with
neighborhood
allies,
who's
been
our
technical
assistance
partner
on
the
ground
and
they
have
worked
to
help
develop.
D
These
proposals
help
build
the
capital
stack
and
give
these
smaller
developers
the
support
and
coaching
that
they
need
to
get
these
projects
across
the
finish
line.
So
avenues
of
hope
is
a
tailored
approach.
It's
a
new
thing.
It
is,
it
is
the
wild
wild
west
and
it
requires
a
lot
of
concerted
effort
and
focus
and
coordination.
D
D
There
are
seven
avenues
and
we
have
bucketed
or
bracketed
them
into
three
distinct
phases,
one
being
the
implementation
phase.
That
means
that
these
folks
have
done
all
the
planning
they
they've
cast
their
community
vision.
They
are
ready
to
implement,
and
so
that's
homewood
avenue,
center
avenue
and
second
avenue,
and
then
we
have
those
avenues
that
more
are
more
in
the
early
stage
of
visioning
and
activation
stage.
Maybe
there
are
a
few
businesses
there.
D
Maybe
the
community's
been
having
conversations
so
our
intervention
and
our
engagement
will
really
be
around
planning
and
hearing
community
voice
and
positioning
it
to
move
to
that
next
implementation
phase
and
in
the
final
bucket,
is
the
scale
and
grow,
meaning
that
this
one
is
already
sort
of
bustling
and
it
has
a
lot
of
activity
happening,
but
it
needs
a
little
bit
more
support
from
the
public
sector
in
order
to
scale
and
fully
grow,
and
so
so
that's
essentially
avenues
of
hope
and
then
here's
another
tool
that
we've
that
we've
developed
to
create
equitable
community
driven
results.
D
It's
a
neighborhood
initiatives
fund,
the
ura
gets
about
a
million
dollars
a
year
from
the
city
of
pittsburgh
to
invest
in
public
realm
and
high
visibility,
projects
and
community
amenities,
and
we
really
didn't
have
a
strategy
for
how
we
deployed
those
funds.
If
you
knew
somebody
at
the
ura
and
you're
at
a
you
know
a
pretty
well
connected
community
group,
you
can
pick
up
the
phone
and
get
some
resources.
D
Well,
you
know
for
me
you
know
I
felt
like
you
know.
We
need
to
have
more
visibility
and
greater
access
to
these
resources.
So
you
know,
I
challenge
the
team
there
to
think
about
how
to
make
it
more
transparent
and
equitable,
and
so
we
did
they
developed
the
neighborhood
initiatives
fund,
which
is
to
take
that
same
million
dollars
and
give
all
communities
an
opportunity
to
cast
their
vision
and
to
request
those
resources
and
to
in
last
year.
D
I
think
we
we
provided
about
658
000
in
neighborhood
scale,
investments
for
projects
that
are
driven
by
the
community
and
that
matter
to
the
community
and
so
last,
but
certainly
not
least,
I
talked
about
developing
that
talented
workforce
that
is
equipped
with
the
skills
of
the
future.
We
are
working
on
a
few
different
workforce
development
initiatives,
one
directly
connected
to
the
lower
hill,
and
that
is
the
activation
of
a
first
source
hiring
center.
D
We
have
been
talking
about
doing
this
at
the
old
hill
house
association
building
in
the
neighborhood
we've
since
discovered
that
the
neighborhood
actually
has
some
workforce
activity
that
is
already
burgeoning
and
we
don't
want
to
duplicate
efforts.
So
we
want
to
support
what's
already
happening
and
sometimes
you've
got
to
go
out
there
and
start
something
to
really
understand.
D
You
know
who's
doing
what
and
how
to
do
that
stakeholder
map,
and
so
there's
a
fantastic
initiative
underway
in
the
neighborhood
around
workforce
development
and
doing
you
know,
360
care
for
families,
both
holistically
and
financially,
and
so
we're
going
to
try
to
dovetail
with
that
activity.
That's
already
happening
and
figure
out
how
to
deploy
their
instead
of
you
know
putting
drywall
into
another
building.
We
want
to
invest
as
many
dollars
as
possible
directly
into
people,
and
so
that
is
the
end
of
the
presentation.
D
If
you
would
like
to
stay
connected,
you
can
connect
with
us
on
our
website
and
social
media.
If
you
guys
want
to
connect
with
me
directly
or
you,
you
want
to
have
a
conversation
with
me
directly.
Aaliyah
can
make
that
that
warm
introduction
and
with
that
leah,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
back
over
to
you
for
questions
and
answers.
B
Perfect,
thank
you
so
much
that
presentation
had
so
much
information
in
it.
That's
a
lot
it's
a
lot.
It
really
goes
to
show
just
all
of
the
great
work
that
happens
at
the
urban
redevelopment
authority
everyday
under
your
leadership.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
sharing
that
with
us.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity,
all
right.
B
Okay,
so
does
anyone
have
any
questions?
To
start
us
off,
matt
looks
like
you
have
a
question.
C
I
guess
off
the
bat
I
mean.
Obviously
it
seems
like
10
million
dollars
is
not
enough,
but
it
almost
seems
like
the
ura
does
way
more
than
I
would
have
ever
realized,
and
I
wonder
if
you
guys
have
like
any
sort
of
public
messaging
campaign
that
you
do
or
any
sort
of
public-facing
informational
campaign,
because
I
feel
like
a
lot
of
people.
I
know
feel
that
the
ura
is
like
just
an
unaccountable
bureaucracy,
and
this
has
been
like
insanely
informative.
I
I
didn't
realize
that
your
mission
was
quite
so
broad.
I
guess
so.
D
Yeah,
so
so
for
all
the
great
work
that
we
do,
one
of
the
things
that
we're
not
really
all
that
great
at
is,
like
you
know,
spending
the
adequate
time
to
like
do
the
storytelling
institute,
our
own
horn,
and
I
think,
that's
really
a
credit
to
the
ura
staff.
Folks
put
their
heads
down
and
they
know
that
folks
might
feel
like
it's
a
bureaucracy.
But
I
can
tell
you
these
are
passionate.
You
know,
practitioners
that
could
be
working
anywhere
and
they
choose
to
work
and
serve
at
the
ura.
D
And
so,
if
you
go
to
our
website,
I
think
the
website
is,
you
know
it's
we're
working
on
it
we're
going
to
improve
it,
but
I
think
that
our
newsletter
is
the
most
the
most
effective
vehicle
that
we
have
to
get
the
story
out
there.
D
So
I
would
encourage
you
to
subscribe
to
the
newsletter
which
you
can
do
right
on
the
home
page
of
our
website,
and
that
will
give
you
you
know,
keep
you
up
to
date
on
what's
going
on,
and
the
other
thing
I
would
recommend
is
to
tune
into
the
ura's
board
meetings
which
are
now
virtual
and
even
when
we,
when
we
return
to
bricks
and
mortar,
we
will
still
provide.
You
know
make
these.
D
You
know
publicly
broadcast
because
that's
when
you
really
get
to
see
the
board
in
motion
and
you
get
to
hear
that
passion
and
and
you
get
to
hear
from
pittsburghers
that
are
being
benefited.
So
yeah
we've
got
a
lot
more
work
to
do
around
telling
the
story,
but
you
know
it
is
it
is.
It
is
a.
It
is
a
quasi-governmental
agency
that
has
bureaucratic
bureaucratic
processes,
but
it
has
the
heart
of
you.
Know:
public
service.
B
Absolutely
thank
you
looks
like
jacob
also
has
a
question.
E
Yeah
thanks,
you
mentioned
that
previously
the
mission
of
the
ura
was
to
early
as
part
of
the
mission
was
to
increase
the
tax
base.
Was
that
what
you
said.
D
E
That
the
one
percent
went
to
the
ura,
so
that
was
that
was
news
to
me,
because
I
wasn't
paying
attention
before.
I
guess
my
question
is:
what
do
you
see
being
an
economic
partner
with
the
city
of
pittsburgh?
E
If
we
get
more
people
in
here,
more
people
are
going
to
be
paying
taxes
less
people,
hopefully
maybe
taxes
would
decrease
for
people.
So
I'm
just
wondering
what
what
do
you
see
in
your
role,
as
maybe
like
the
number
one
issue
to
be
solved
from
where
you
sit?
Does
that
question
make
sense.
D
I
think
yeah,
I
think
if
I
don't
answer
what
you're,
what
you're
aiming
at-
let's
rephrase
it,
but,
but
I
so
the
the
the
old
mission
that
we
would
talk
about
was
increasing
the
city's
tax
base.
Why?
Because,
when
we
increase
the
city's
tax
base,
we
have
more
resources
to
act,
to
provide
more
public
benefit
right.
There
is
nothing
wrong
with
fundamentally
desiring
to
increase
the
city's
tax
base,
but
I
think
what
what
has
been
learned
and
what
you?
D
What
we
begin
to
realize
in
public
practice
is
that,
yes,
you
increase
the
city's
tax
base,
but
you
also
need
to
diversify
the
city's
tax
base.
You
also
need
to
convert
folks
that
are
not
able
to
participate
in
the
in
the
economy
into
being
a
part
of
the
city's
tax
base,
and
so
you
know,
I
think
that
you
know
it
has
been,
and
so
there's
so
there's
nothing
wrong
with
that.
D
But
that's
why
we
want
to
take
a
more
human-centric
approach,
because
you
know
we
are
residents
and
we
are
more
than
just
taxpayers
right,
and
so
we
don't
want
to
reduce
populations
down
to
that
sort
of
simplest
term
and
everything
is
about.
Did
it
create
jobs?
Did
it
create
jobs?
Did
it
create
jobs?
It's
well.
Are
we
working
with
our
partners
so
that
the
jobs
that
are
created
are
high
quality
jobs?
Are
we
creating?
D
You
know,
ramps
to
education
and
training
and
other
resources
so
that
everybody
is
participating
because
you
could
increase
the
tax
base
and,
at
the
same
time,
gentrify
neighborhoods,
instead
of
being
very
thoughtful
in
how
you
intervene
in
a
neighborhood
like
the
hill
district
or
homewood,
and
help
to
very
methodically
and
strategically
build
the
tax
base
of
that
area
by
building
up
the
people
and
building
the
muscles
and
the
resources
that
are
available
to
the
people
there?
So
I
think
I
think
that's
the
shift
not
so
much
that
oh,
the
old
mission
was
bad.
B
Sounds
good,
I
think
I
think
that
was
a
great
answer.
Karen
and
I
see
you
whitney
and
you'll
go
next.
G
First,
thank
you
so
much
for
that
presentation
that
was
incredibly
clear
and
informative
in
a
short
period
of
time,
and
I'm
just,
I
feel,
like
I've
learned
a
lot.
I
have
a
quick
question
as
I
work
in
state
agricultural
policy
and
have
been
watching
some
of
the
conversations
that
have
been
happening,
especially
in
the
last
several
months
about
neighborhoods
of
food
apartheid
and
what
I'm
wondering
kind
of
how
is
the
ura
involved
in
conversations
about
investment
in
grocery
stores,
investments
in
local
farms
and
kind
of
regional
and
local
food
development.
D
That
is
such
a
great.
These
are
such
great
questions.
Wow.
You
know
we.
If
you
look
at
our
mission,
I
mean
we
do
not.
So
sometimes
we
have
an
indirect
role,
and
sometimes
we
have
a
direct
role.
You
know
we
really
intervene
at
the
place
based
level
at
the
property
level.
You
know,
because
again
you
can't
do
these.
You
can't
move
real
estate
in
a
vacuum
and
be
agnostic
to
the
dynamics
that
are
happening
around
it.
You
got
to
be
thoughtful
about
that,
so
I
one
example
that
I
will
point
to.
D
We
have
a
couple
of
things,
so
we
with
a
lot
of
our
land.
We
have
created
a
side
lot
farm,
a
lot
program
because
we
have
a
lot
of
urban
gardeners
and
folks
who
have
begun.
You
know
tilling
the
earth
in
a
way
that
can
provide
food
and
resources
to
their
community
in
their
neighborhood,
and
so
we
provide
both
some
grant
level
support
through
our
neighborhood
initiatives
fund,
as
well
as
provide
earmarking
land
that
can
be
preserved
to
do
that.
D
Urban
urban
gardening
or
urban,
agriculture
and
so
larmer
is
an
example
of
you
know,
a
garden
that
we
have
invested
in
with
miss
betty
lane
there.
The
sankofa
village,
I
believe,
has
some
gardens,
so
we've
done
a
lot
of
work
with
them.
There
are
also
a
few
nurseries
I
think,
on
the
north
side.
I'm
not.
D
I
don't
have
the
information
in
front
of
me
here,
but
that's
one
thing,
and
so
that's
really
at
the
micro
agricultural,
grassroots
level,
soil
sisters
are
a
part
of
our
catapult
program,
and
so
we've
been
working
with
them
to
build
that
business
and
rainey's
kelly
and
she's
she's.
Amazing,
I
mean
you
could
probably
teach
me
more
about
my
teacher.
D
I
don't
have
a
green
thumb,
so
I've
been
killing
plants
and
since
since
I
was
in
first
grade
and
then
the
second
thing
I
think
is
when
you
start
to
think
at
the
macro
level.
D
So,
in
the
hill
district,
for
instance,
the
the
shop
and
save
did
not
survive,
and
and
so
that
that
the
shop
and
save
was
getting
ready
to
go
onto
the
private
market
and
the
ura
intervened
because
we
felt
like
if
we
own
the
grocery
store,
we
can
facilitate
a
community
process
that
will
allow
us
to
be
thoughtful
about
how
to
bring
a
grocery
store
back
or
how
to
bring
a
retail
presence
back
to
the
neighborhood.
That
is,
you
know,
cognizant
of
what
the
neighborhood's
desires
are.
D
If
that
grocery
store
were
placed
on
the
private
market,
you
know
they
don't
have
to
be
as
conscientious,
and
it
really
is
about
soul,
market
forces.
So
that's
another
thing
and
we
do
a
lot
of
engagement
work
and
you
know
in
facilitating
discussions
and
doing
introductions
to
communities
and
grassroot
efforts
around
agriculture.
It's
not
directly
in
our
mission,
like
we
don't
have
a
food
policy
campaign,
but
but
you
know
when
there
is
a
market
opportunity
for
a
grocery
and
the
ura
can
play
an
enter,
an
intercessory
role.
D
You
know
we
may
you
know
we
make
the
decision
to
do
that.
It
was
a
pretty
controversial
decision
that
I
made
back
in
2019
to
purchase
the
hill
district's
grocery
store
and
I'm
sure
that
folks
had
some
consternation.
D
D
The
ura
did
not
have
first,
first
money
in
so
you
had
to
have
a
project
that
had
a
gap
and
we
would
only
fill
40
of
that
gap
in
2018
when
the
when
the
mwbe
program
ramped
up,
we
created,
what's
called
the
micro
loan
program,
and
so
at
the
time
it
provided
ten
thousand
dollar
micro
loan
to
a
small
business,
and
I
think
it
was
credit
agnostic.
So
it
doesn't
matter
what
your
credit
with
your
credit
is.
You
just
had
to
work
with
a
technical
assistance
partner
that
would
help
you
put
together.
D
The
application
you
had
to
have
you
had
to
create
at
least
one
job
and
that
business
owner
could
be
the
one
job.
I
don't
have
the
the
criteria
in
front
of
me,
but
it
was
really
meant
to
be
a
very
low
barrier,
financial
tool
and
so
and
it
was
run
by
a
community
driven
loan
review
board.
D
So
these
are
your
neighbors
and
folks
that
you
know
essentially
evaluating
your
eligibility
for
the
loan
that,
when
covet
happened,
that
micro
loan
program
became
the
emergency
loan
fund
program,
which
went
up
to
fifteen
thousand
dollars
same
criteria
for
fifteen
thousand
dollars.
After
receiving
a
a
pretty
major
infusion
of
cash.
We
are
now
offering
thirty
thousand
dollars
for
the
micro
loan
program
and
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
the
micro
growth
business
loan
program.
D
I
will
try
to
put
links
in
the
chat
to
the
documents
that
tell
you
the
exact
criteria,
but
it's
meant
to
be
it's
meant
for
those
that
would
not
be
able
to
get
access
to
capital
from
a
traditional
bank.
It
is
designed
with
the
needs
of
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
in
mind,
although
all
small
businesses
are
eligible,
but
really
lowering
those
barriers
to
entry.
F
Thank
you
way
back
at
the
beginning
of
your
presentation.
I
think
I
heard
you
mention.
Air
quality
is
an
issue
and
pittsburgh
is
not
doing
well
on
the
air
quality
front
and
I
believe
it's
one
of
the
most
under
appreciated
problems,
because
it's
literally
invisible,
so
people
don't
think
about
it.
What
is
ura
doing
and
and
what
can
people
and
organizations
do
to
jump
in
and
help
and
and
maybe
accelerate
that
work.
D
So
yes,
so,
a
few
years
ago
we
undertook
an
initiative
called
p4,
which
is
those
p's
stand
for
people,
planet,
place
and
performance,
and
so
under
the
planet
cat
and
what
we
were
essentially
doing
is
using
the
p4
lens
to
evaluate
every
project
and
so
looking
at
how
that
project
scored
on
an
equitable
development
scorecard
and
so
air
quality.
D
And
you
know,
environmental
sustainability
is
one
of
the
aspects
of
the
p4
scoring
criteria
so
trying
to
get
projects
to
be
mindful
of
storm
water
usage,
as
well
as
how
it
contributes
to
the
fact
that
we
do
have
air
quality
issues
here
here
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
It's
something
that
it's
why
the
ura
was
created.
So
it
was
created
to
do
something
about
the
air
quality
and
the
water
quality.
That's
really.
D
You
know
whether
or
not
the
projects
that
they
are
approving
are
sustainable
and
we've
developed
quite
a
few
lending
look
tools
that
can
help
small
businesses,
especially
construction-based
businesses,
on
our
work
sites.
We've
developed
a
requirement
that
for
for
clean
construction
and
we
provide
a
loan
so
that
folks
can
get
the
necessary
apparatus
that
needs
to
be
placed
on
the
trucks
on.
D
This
is
above
my
page
right
here,
but
because
I'm
not
a
you
know:
sustainability
subject
matter
expert
by
any
stretch
of
the
imagination,
but
the
board
really
wanted
to
say:
well
it
we
can't
control
everything,
but
on
our
job
sites
we
want
clean
construction
and
so
but
we're
going
to
empower
these
smaller
contractors
and
these
small
businesses
in
order
to
meet
that
criteria.
D
So
we
worked
very
closely
with
the
county
to
develop
a
tool
that
will
allow
them
to
to
make
the
necessary
improvements
to
their
equipment
in
order
to
par
to
contribute
more
positively
to
our
air
quality.
But
that
is
a
regional
issue
and
so
every
ura
site,
even
if
it
is
it,
is
impeccable
with
respect
to
sustainability
that
you
know,
like
you,
said,
it's
invisible
and
it's
mutable,
and
I
think
that
what
we
need
is
we
need
to
show
and
demonstrate
that
thought
leadership
around.
You
know
how
we
contribute
to
that
again
as
a
region.
D
We
do
a
lot
with
our
own
sites,
like
we
use
a
lot
of
solar
interviews
installing
solar
panels
on
our
garages
right
now
to
just
be
more
mindful
and
to
get
closer
to
net
zero
energy,
we're
quite
a
few
years
away
from
that.
But
as
we
refine
our
equity
lens
this
year,
we've
begun
talking
about
the
intersection
of
equity
and
sustainability.
B
Thank
you
so
much
ally.
H
Hi,
director,
walker,
wonderful
presentation
and
I'm
not
an
entrepreneur
by
any
means,
but
I
appreciated
how
you
explained
you
know
so
many
of
the
access
points
that
the
ura
has
you
know
for
entrepreneurs
and
made
it
understandable
to
people
who
you
know
rely.
H
H
H
I'm
curious
if
you
think
there
are
financial
products
that
the
ura
has
that
can
make.
You
know
someone
who's.
Thinking
about.
You
know
manufacturing
make
it
possible
for
them,
and
maybe
if
there
are
a
number
of
recipients
of
you,
know
financial
products
through
the
ura
who
you
think
are
in
manufacturing,
whether
that
be
small
scale
or
advanced
or
whatever.
D
Sure
so
I
so
I
I'm
gonna
be
honest.
I
can't
think
off
the
top
of
my
head.
We
have
such
a
robust
list
of
borrowers
and
I
believe
that
a
lot
of
them
are
listed
on
the
website,
but
I
so
I
we
have
a
couple
of
different
tools,
though,
that
I
think
can
provide
some
level
of
access
to
capital
and
I
put
a
link
to
access
the
capital
in
the
chat,
at
least,
or
at
least
I
tried
to-
I
don't
know
if
they
showed
up
there.
D
I
mean,
because
I
can
only
see
like
pictures
right
now,
and
so
we
have
a
couple
of
different
instruments.
D
We
have
the
minority
business
recovery
growth
fund,
that's
up
to
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
at
an
interest
rate
of
zero
percent
to
two
percent
that
can
certainly
be
used
for
infant
to
purchase
inventory
to
you
know
to
lease
warehouse
space,
and
you
know,
and
if
that,
if
that
isn't
sufficient,
then
we
also
have
a
peta
loan,
which
is
really
a
state
program
that
we
help
to
facilitate,
which
provides
up
to
two
and
a
half
million
dollars
and
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
working
capital.
D
But
a
lot
of
those
dollars
can
be
used
for
machinery
and
equipment,
and
so
we've
had
quite
a
few
businesses
use
that
use
that
as
a
resource,
especially
if
they
are
in
that
growth
cycle
within
their
business.
And
then
we
have-
and
we
we
again
work
very
closely
with
the
state
to
administer
a
lot
of
their
programs
here
on
the
ground.
One
business
that
comes
to
mind
for
me
that
that's
essentially
a
manufacturing
business
is
cs
supplies.
D
His
name
is
chris
bradley
and
he
developed
a
hand,
sanitizing
hand
sanitizer
solution
and
was
relying
upon
international
markets
to
do
the
manufacturing
but
needed
local
capital
in
order
to
start
creating
jobs
here
in
pittsburgh,
and
so
he
was
one
of
our
loan
recipients
and
is
now
able
to-
and
I
think
it's
become
even
more
popular
popular
with
the
current
pandemic,
but
was
able
to
really
increase
his
supply
chain
by
being
able
to
get
the
dollars
that
were
necessary
to
buy
in
bigger
bulk
and
to
be
able
to
store
his
product
and
reduce
his
cost
of
of
of
you
know
getting
that
product
out
to
market.
D
But
if
I
I
will,
I
can
talk
to
our
our
lending
team.
That
really
I
mean
you
see
my
face
here,
but
just
pictured
95
people
standing
behind
me
that
actually
make
make
all
the
magic
happen,
and
so
I
can
I'm
happy
to
connect
you
with
our
lending
team
that
can
really
give
you
that
more
granular
data.
B
Perfect,
I
think
we
will
loop
back
to
matt.
C
You
said
early
in
the
presentation
that
the
ura
has
multiple
revenue
streams
and
I
guess
I'm
just
curious
as
to
where
all
the
money
comes
from,
like
obviously
there's
10
million
coming
from
the
opportunity
fund.
But
just
where
does
the
rest
of
the
revenue
come
from.
D
So
I
am
going
to
again
provide
a
link
to
our
annual
report,
because
so
so
we
have,
we
rely
upon
a
couple
of
different
funding
sources.
We
own
real
estate
and,
have
you
know
various
assets
that
generate
like
we
own
a
few
garages
that
generate
some
revenue
for
us
like
at
the
south
side
works.
We
we
rely
upon
funding
from
the
city
from
the
from
their
capital
budget,
the
capital
budget
sort
of
cdbg
dollars.
D
That's
the
community
development
block
grant
home
dollars
all
of
those
dollars
where
you
know
these
are
mission
driven
investments,
meaning
when
we
spend
that
dollar
we're
able
to
leverage
it
with
other
sources.
But
you
know
it
is.
It
is
essentially
for
civic
or
for
social
benefit.
That's
not
really
generating
or
creating
more
revenue
for
the
ura.
We
send
that
dollar
out
the
community
benefits,
and
we
essentially
go
back
to
that
well
for
more
the
next
year,
to
to
kind
of,
you
know,
support
that.
D
We
also
generate
revenue
through
our
service
through
our
fees
and
application
fees
for
loan
products,
as
well
as
our
housing
applications
and
bond
issuances.
So
I
will
send
a
link
to
our
annual
report.
Oh
leah
is
so
good
she's
been
providing
links
here.
I
just
saw
them
okay.
So
if
you
look
at
that
annual
report,
that
will
do
a
much
more
mathematical
and
scientific
breakdown
of
where
our
resources,
both
where
the
resources
come
from,
as
well
as
where
they're
deployed.
B
E
Go
for
it,
you
said
that
the
ur
well,
it
says
even
on
the
website,
that
the
ura
is
committed
to
creating
more
housing
that
is
affordable
to
the
average
pittsburgher,
and
I'm
curious.
What
average
in
this
case
means
like?
How
do
you
figure
that
out
who's
that
actually
mean.
D
Sure
so
we
look
at
the
area
median
income
and
in
leah
fact
check
me
here.
If
you,
if
you
need
to,
I
think
that
the
area
median
income
for
pittsburgh
is
about
77
to
80
000,
meaning
a
family
of
three
making,
no
more
than
seventy
seven
thousand
dollars
a
year.
That's
a
hundred
percent
area,
median
income
when
we
talk
about
housing,
that's
affordable
to
the
average
pittsburgher,
we're
looking
at
eighty
percent
area,
median
income
or
below,
and
here's
the
reason.
Why?
D
Because
you
don't
want
to
pay
more
than
30
of
your
income
for
housing
right,
and
so
I
think
that
when
we
talk
about
our
affordable
housing
issue,
that
it
is
really
covering
a
sleeper
issue,
which
is
an
income
disparity
issue,
the
more
income
you
have,
the
more
housing
you
can
afford,
and
so
what
we've
experienced
in
pittsburgh
is
we've
had
a
major
job
boom.
You
know
we're
ads
managing
tech,
and
so
you
get
a
lot
of
folks
who
come
to
pittsburgh
and
they're.
D
You
know
they're
going
to
work
at
google
and
they're
going
to
make
you
know
a
single
person
making
77
000
a
year.
Who's
like
you
know,
I'm
just
looking
for
a
2500
apartment,
for
you
know
you
know
400
square
feet,
that's
what's
affordable
to
me.
Well,
if
that
person
is
in
our
marketplace
the
single
mom,
who
has
two
kids
and
she's
making
you
know
less
than
fifteen
dollars
an
hour,
she
cannot
afford
what
that
new
incoming
pittsburgher
is
able
to
afford,
because
she's
not
participating
in
the
economy
in
the
way
that
that
pittsburgher
is
so.
D
The
average
pittsburgher
should
not
spend
more
than
30
of
their
income
for
housing,
and
we
have
folks
that
are
well
below
the
poverty
line.
Who
do
who
are
not
able
to
find
a
section
8
unit
who
are
who
are?
Who
are
you
know?
You
know,
neighborhoods
are
saturated.
The
affordable
housing
is
already
spoken
for
and
so
they're
either
they
either
have
to
choose
between.
D
You
know
in
the
extreme,
you
know
homelessness
or
living
in
substandard
housing,
and
so
we
believe
by
deploying
these
dollars
in
such
a
way
that
make
that
housing
affordable
at
30,
60
and
80
area
median
income.
We're
helping
folks
be
competitive.
With
this
newly
emergent,
much
more
well-resourced,
pittsburgher
that
that's
the
downside
of
rapid
growth.
That
has
not
been
inclusive
and
that's
what
we're
trying
to
figure
out.
B
In
fact,
let's
see
karen.
G
I
am
really
struck
by
how
kind
of
open
and
honest
you
speak
about
the
mistakes
that
the
ura
has
made
in
the
past
and
how
clearly
you're
speaking
about
reparational
development.
I'm
not
sure
if
I'm
saying
that
correctly
and
about
like
the
change
that
has
been
necessary
and
connecting
that
to
the
history
of
the
ura.
Do
you
have
any
thoughts
about
why
the
ura
was
so
many
organizations
or
departments
in
the
world
and
the
country
are
not
able
to
communicate
openly
about
that
or
or
or
just
personally
make
that
transition?
G
Do
you
have
any
thoughts
about
why
the
ura
was
able
to
do
that
and
how.
D
You
know,
I
think,
that
I
I
think
that
the
ura
started
placing
a
greater
premium
on
the
lived
experience,
and
so
I
am
a
practitioner
who
brings
two
things
to
the
table.
I
have
some
level
of
you
know
pedigree
and
I
can
do
policy
talk
with
the
best
of
them
if
I
have
to,
but
I
also
I
am
from
the
hill
district
right,
so
I
my
family
came
here
in
the
late
1800s
for
economic
opportunity.
D
D
So
when
I
speak,
I
speak
from
you
know,
because
I
talk
to
my
neighbors
every
day
you
know,
and
so
I
I
know
what
the
perceptions
are
of
the
ura
and
one
of
the
things
that's
really
interesting
to
me
is
when
I
was
going
to
take
a
job
at
the
ura.
The
first
thing,
folks
would
say,
was
be
very
careful
when
you
get
there
you're
a
black
woman
there.
D
You
know
it's
it's
racist
and
you
know,
and
then
and
it's
gonna
be
so
hard,
and
so
I
came-
and
I
was
like
I
have
to
look
out
for
the
racist
like
I
have
to
like
you
know,
keep
watching.
Then
what
you
find
is
that
these
institutions
are
just
made
up
with
of
people,
people
that
have
certain
assumptions
and
barriers
that
have
been
create
cultural
barriers,
artificial
ones
that
have
been
put
up,
and
so
you
know
for
better
or
for
worse.
D
I
would
say,
if
you
like
me,
it's
probably
because
I'm
from
the
hill
district-
and
if
you
don't
like
me,
it's
because
I'm
from
the
hill
district,
so
I've
just
had
to
come
in
with
the
level
of
candor
and
transparency
and
really
challenge
the
agency
to
not
dwell
on
the
past,
to
recognize
it
and
acknowledge
it
and
and
make
better
decisions
and
be
more
thoughtful
about
the
resources,
not
everybody's,
going
to
be
happy
about
that.
That's
not
a
panacea
for
what
went
wrong.
B
C
I
really
love
what
you
were
just
saying
actually
and
it's
sort
of
lost
my
other
question
and
I
wonder
if
you
feel
like
you,
are
able
to
be
so
candid
and
kind
of
take
this
position,
because
you're
not
elected
like
that,
the
structure
of
the
ura
is
such
that
once
you're
appointed
you're
there
for
that
five-year
term.
C
Unless
there's
a
way
you
can
be
removed,
I
guess
I'm
not
sure
about
that,
but
I
guess
maybe
that
gives
you
some
more
like
freedom
or
you're.
Saying,
like
everyone
won't
be
happy
about
this.
Where,
like
you,
don't
typically
get
that
type
of
response
from
a
political
figure
because
they're
trying
to
make
everyone
happy,
which
is
obviously
not
impossible
yeah.
Do
you
think
the
structure
of
the
organization
has
anything
to
do
with
that,
like
freedom
that
you
kind
of
have
there.
D
Well,
here's
what
I
here's!
What
I
will
say
is
that
I'm
not
a
board
member,
so
I
am
not
appointed.
I
mean
I'm
an
employee
of
the
ura,
which
means
I
you
know
I'm
evaluated
annually
on
my
performance.
It's
in
that
will
state.
If
you
know
you
know
chairman
williamson
wakes
up
tomorrow
and
goes
you
know
what
this
isn't
working
for
me
anymore.
I
mean
I,
you
know
I
am.
I
am
an
employee.
Our
board
is
appointed
by
the
mayor.
D
Now,
certainly
you
know,
I
am
you
know,
there's
a
the
there's,
a
political
nature
to
the
job,
but
I'm
not
an
elected
official,
I'm
a
resident
like
everybody
else.
You
know
I
you
know,
I'm
raising
my
daughters
here
in
pittsburgh.
My
husband,
you
know,
has
been
here
and
hits
pittsburgh
he's
a
veteran
like
we're
just
everyday
people,
and
so
you
know,
and
so
the
work
that
I
do
at
the
ura.
You
know
I
have
the
you
know
them
in
mind.
D
You
know
when
I'm
doing
this
work,
and
so
I'm
certainly
you
know
working
you
know
want
to
work.
You
know
amiably
with
with
community
with
you
know,
with
elected
officials
with
various
stakeholders,
but
you
know
I'm
just
I'm
just
a
free
person
and
that's
what
I
you
know
when
they
asked
me
to
take
the
job
I
was
like.
D
Let's
talk
about,
you
guys
want
me
uncanny,
you
know,
candid
unfiltered,
I'm
going
to
say
exactly
what
I'm
thinking
and
you
know
you
guys
want
me
to
know
like
that's
why
we
want
you
to
do
it
like
that's
what
we
need.
It's
refreshing
and
I
really
just
don't
know
any
other
way
to
be,
and
if
there
comes
a
moment
where
somebody
asked
me
to
be
less
of
this,
then
this
is
you
guys,
won't
see
me
anymore.
B
Well,
I
hope
that
doesn't
happen
anytime
soon
you
and
I
both
okay.
It
looks
like
we
are
cleared
out
for
questions,
so
what
we
usually
do
at
the
end
of
presentations
is
some
clap
emojis,
because
we
can't
clap
in
person.
B
I
thought
maybe
we
could
turn
on
some
cameras,
so
director
walker
could
see
that
she's
actually
been
speaking
to
people
for
the
last
couple
hours
of
her
time.
So
we
do
thank
you
for
that.
We
thank
you
for
your
time
and
all
of
the
great
work
you've
done
for
the
city
of
pittsburgh
and
thank
you
so
much
for
joining
us
tonight.
We
really
appreciate
it.