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Attachment K. Description of the Corridor Development Initiati <br /> <br />Corridor Development Initiative <br /> <br />Overview <br /> <br />The Corridor Development Initiative (CDI), coordinated by the Twin Cities Local <br />Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), is a proactive planning process to assist the planning <br />and development of mixed-use projects, including mixed income, higher density housing along major <br />corridors, with access to transportation options, retail amenities, parks, and job opportunities. CDI <br />fosters an exciting partnership among neighborhoods, city government, and a technical team of <br />development consultants, design experts, and facilitators to connect market opportunities with <br />neighborhood and city goals and raises the level of dialogue around redevelopment issues. In 2007 <br />the Corridor Development Initiative received the American Planning AssociationÔs National <br />Planning Excellence Award for a Grassroots Initiative. <br /> <br />ÑThe Initiative shows the importance of getting residents meaningfully engaged in shaping the <br />future of their neighborhoods,Ò said APA Awards Jury Chair Carol <br />community looking for a new way to resolve controversial neighborhood redevelopment and <br />infill issues should consider using this as a model,Ò she said. <br />The heart of the program involves an interactive block exercise <br />design and development experts from the InitiativeÔs technical team. Through this hands-on <br />educational workshop residents, neighborhood leaders, and other icipants develop their <br />own housing or mixed-use development proposals and test them to <br />financially viable. As a result, participants learn about cost factors and other considerations <br />developers must address when putting together a proposal. <br /> <br />ÑThe Corridor Development Initiative pulls citizens out of the r <br />community development decisions, and into a proactive role where <br />directing development for their community,Ò said Gretchen Nichol <br />Cities LISC and Corridor Development Initiative Coordinator. ÑIt models a new way to engage <br />cities and communities by raising the level of dialogue around r <br />the stage for future development. People come to realize how density and affordable housing <br />become tools for creating a viable development project,Ò she sai <br /> <br />Through the InitiativeÔs consensus approach, said Minneapolis Ma <br />is harnessed Ñto build communities far stronger than anything go <br />Corridor Development Initiative is used in both urban and suburb <br />Cities metropolitan area, and is being replicated in other citie <br /> <br />For more information contact: <br /> <br />Gretchen Nicholls <br />Twin Cities LISC / Corridor Development Initiative <br />651-265-2280 <br /> <br />gnicholls@lisc.org <br /> <br />www.corridordevelopment.org <br />Videos and testimonials are available at: <br />Final Report <br />Roseville/ Dale Street Fire Station Site | Corridor Developme <br />112 <br /> <br />