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Manufacturing Opportunities Analysis in Cypress Hills/East New York

Report last updated April 17, 2013

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Housing alone does not a neighborhood make. Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation (CHLDC) takes a grass-roots approach to community development to engage locals in a dialogue that turns residents into citizen planners and planning professionals into community advocates.  What results is a comprehensive and innovative approach to community development that is grounded in neighborhood need and existing assets, weaving together sustainability, public well-being, job creation, healthy affordable housing, and neighborhood greening --all linked to a strong implementation framework.

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From Farm to Bakery

Report last updated April 9, 2013

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The Pratt Center for Community Development and The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (NYSDAM recently completed Farm to Bakery – a local food pilot project.  Farm to Bakery sought to capitalize upon the demand for quality locally-grown grains and flour by both New York City wholesale bakers and upstate New York bakers while simultaneously increasing New York growers’ and millers’ capacity to meet this demand. 

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The Brooklyn Navy Yard - An Analysis of Its Economic Impact

Report last updated February 27, 2013

Pratt Center conducted a thorough investigation of the Brooklyn Navy Yard (BNY), a 300-acre city-owned industrial park and one of the fastest growing green manufacturing centers in the country. The report demonstrates that New York City’s strategy of retaining ownership of the Navy Yard, placing it under mission-driven, nonprofit management and investing a total of $250 million in capital funds since 1996 has paid off: the Navy Yard generates $2 billion in economic output and sustains 10,000 jobs and $390 million in earnings each year.

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High-Tech, High-Touch and Manufacturing's Triple Bottom Line

Report last updated February 12, 2013

 

After decades of neglect, the manufacturing sector is now regarded as a critical sector in the revival of our national economy. Much of this attention – especially in the research and policy fields – is focused on technology-intensive sub-sectors and processes, including most recently, “Advanced Manufacturing.” But for policymakers at the federal, state, and local levels, a U.S. manufacturing renaissance should not only be about technological leadership and market share; it should be just as much about leveraging the potential of an increasingly diverse workforce, revitalizing inner-cities and suburbs, and maintaining a high quality of life while reducing the environmental impacts of production and consumption.

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Urban Manufacturing Alliance 1st Annual Convening

Report last updated October 22, 2012

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The Pratt Center for Community Development, in partnership with SFMade, has launched the Urban Manufacturing Alliance (UMA). UMA is a national collaborative of non-profit, for-profit and governmental stakeholders working together to grow urban manufacturing, create living-wage jobs and catalyze sustainable local economies.

On October 18th and 19th 2012, more than 50 individuals representing 29 organizations and 13 cities convened in New York City to share best practices and explore a range of public policy topics of pressing need to urban manufacturers. Click on the pdf below to review a presentation given at the recent convening of the UMA that describes the organization, its mission and presents some of the founding members' and their efforts to protect and grow urban manufacturing. 

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Energy Efficiency Opportunities and Hurdles in Non-profit Community Facilities

Report last updated October 17, 2012

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The Low Income Investment Fund commissioned this report to summarize the findings of a study conducted by Pratt Center for Community Development and Bright Power, Inc., that sought to gain insight into the needs, appetite and capacity of nonprofits to implement energy upgrades in community facilities and assess their interest in debt financing of these upgrades. The report suggests that energy efficiency retrofits of nonprofit facilities would increase and improve if financing, energy assessments, and assistance in implementation of retrofit measures were offered as a package. 

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Greening from the Ground Up: Our Sustainability Conference Summary

Report last updated August 23, 2012

On March 16, 2012 community organizations from New York City and beyond came together to share and discuss lessons learned from their efforts to make urban neighborhoods healthier, more equitable, and more environmentally sustainable at Greening From the Ground up: A Sustainability Leadership Conference.

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Farm to Factory-Strengthening the Production Links in NYS

Report last updated April 18, 2012

 

The Pratt Center for Community Development and the New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets’ recent report, Farm to Factory: Linking NY State Producers and NY City Food Processors, is the culmination of an 18-month pilot project to develop economic opportunities by strengthening the connections between upstate farmers and downstate businesses.

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Serving Up Innovation - Incubator Kitchens and Training Restaurants

Report last updated March 9, 2012

Farmers Boulevard Community Development Corporation Presentation

There is an upsurge of innovative and socially-minded food businesses all over the United States. Two types that hold great potential for both their social and economic impact include incubator kitchens and training restaurants. Incubator kitchens provide food entrepreneurs access to low-cost commercially-licensed kitchen space and in some cases a variety of other small business support services. These kitchens foster local economic development and promote local independent businesses. A training restaurant is a venue that provides job readiness and skills training with the added benefit of hands-on experience. It also provides a retail amenity for the community in which it is located – it functions as a “real” restaurant! 

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Green Job Creation Potential in NYC's Manufacturing Sector

Report last updated January 20, 2012

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While the manufacturing landscape has changed in New York City over the last 40 years, local industry continues to be a vital economic contributor by supplying goods and services to the city's other sectors as well as providing good jobs for residents. These small local manufacturers are responding to growing consumer demand by adapting their product lines and/or developing new goods and services to be sold in the green economy. As a result of these transitions, there is a particular opportunity to expand and create jobs in the 'building products' sub-sector and within the manufacture of products that promote energy efficiency.

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