The Tools, Partnerships, and Capital Required to Bring Community Spaces to Life | Half-Day Symposium and Networking Lunch

What does it actually take to build and keep a neighborhood anchor?

Community infrastructure is economic infrastructure. This symposium brings together the people who prove it every day: developers, anchor tenants, architects, and community partners. Together, they'll walk through the full lifecycle of a neighborhood anchor, from defining the problem and building the investment case to navigating the realities of design and construction and sustaining operations long after the ribbon is cut.

If you're an industry partner, civic leader, or funder, this is a rare chance to hear the real tradeoffs behind mission-aligned development, candidly and from the people who've lived them. You'll also be part of something new: the launch of a Baltimore placemaking working group to carry this conversation forward.

Stay for lunch! A networking lunch follows the program. Please RSVP for lunch during registration.

Speakers include:

Bobbi Nicolatera, Baltimore Community Foundation

Mike Pokorny, Maryland Community Investment Corporation

Jake Stern, Somerset

Leon Pinket, Baltimore Arts Realty Corporation

Jon Constable, Seawall

Reverend Hathaway, Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center

Graham Coreil-Allen, Graham Projects

Ren Southard, Baltimore City Department of Planning

Ashiah Parker, No Boundaries Coalition

Jess Wyatt, Community Engagement Practitioner

Katelin Etoh, Zieger|Snead Architects

Cailin McGough, CapEx Advisory

Christopher Mfume, The Civic Group

Joanna Jane Bartholomeuw, Ohara Development

Dana Cole, Impact Hub Baltimore

Ash Esposito, Baltimore Unity Hall

Mark Kaufman, Neighborhood Impact Investment Fund

Naadiya Hutchinson, #RestEasyBBY