Equitable development resources including examples of Community Benefits Agreements, equitable development policies, research reports, and more.
This collection comes from a variety of sources: some are original documents created by Resource Center Partners, and others are helpful documents that we’ve come across over the years with relevant citations.
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Date
Document Type
Source/Publisher/Authors
Description
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Document Link
They said it was impossible! How to Win Progressive Change When the Odds Are against Us
2015/7/4
Manual/Guide
LAANE (Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy)
A graphic novel from LAANE explaining Comprehensive Campaign Theory, a strategy for sucessful community organizing.
organizing, campaign, LAANE, coalition, Los Angeles
Workforce diversity: What Works?
2016/5/26
Presentation
John Goldstein, COCACOM
Presentation sponsored by The Investigative Post in Buffalo, New York, describing best practies for local hire programs.
local hire, diversity, Buffalo, monitor, enforcement
Community Benefits
2014/11/14
Presentation
John Goldstein (COCACOM) and Tony Paris (Sugar Law)
Training for Wayne State University Detroit Revitalization Fellows Program on “Nuts and Bolts of CBAs”
CBA, equitable development,
CBAs: What Have We Won?
WePower Movement Meetup
2021/7/15
Presentation
John Goldstein, COCACOM
A presentation for WePower in St Louis on types of community benefits that have been part of CBAs.
CBA, coalition
The City of Pittsburgh Service Worker Prevailing Wage Ordinance Title I, Article VII, Section 161.38 Fact Sheet
2010/4/3
Municipal Ordinance/Policy
The City of Pittsburgh
City of Pittsburgh ordinance requiring city contractors to pay prevailing wages to building service, food service, grocery and hotel workers employed on City funded projects.
Pittsburgh, service worker, prevailing wage
Core Community Benefits Agreement: Hunters Point Shipyard / Candlestick Point Integrated Development Project
2008/5/30
CBA
Law Office of Julian Gross
A traditional CBA between Lennar (the developer) and several unions and community groups for major redevelopment in Bay View/Hunters Point
San Francisco, Lennar, union, affordable housing, first source hiring, successors, local hire, living wage
Development Agreement by and between The City of New Haven and Yale-New Haven Hospital, Inc.
2006/6/6
CBA
The City of New Haven;
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Legal contract defines the obligations of the City and the hospital as part of the CBA.
CBA, hospital, development agreement, New Haven, union, default
The City of Portland Ordinance Number 190146
2020/9/23
Municipal Ordinance/Policy
The City of Portland
A series of documents including: A Disposition and Development Agreement and a CBA for the redevelopment of the Broadway Corridor in Portland
One Hill Neighborhood Coalition, Sports and Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County (SEA)
A comprehensive, multiparty CBA for the development of the Penguin's hockey arena and community benefits including a full service grocery store, community recreation center, etc.
CBA, Pittsburgh, One Hill, local hire, grocery store, recreation center, arena, first-source hiring
Cooperation Agreement (Oak to Ninth Project)
2006/6/28
CBA
Oak to Ninth Community Benefits Coalition, Redevelopment Agency of the City of Oakland
A cooperation agreement detailing affordable housing and local hire commitments at the Oak to 9th development project on Oakland’s waterfront
CBA, Oakland, local hire, affordable housing
Ordinance of the City of Newark, NJ (Tax Abatement)
2017/10/10
Municipal Ordinance/Policy
City of Newark, NJ
City ordinance requiring tax abatement recipients comply with City's prevailing wage, Affirmative Action, resident hire, affordable housing, apprenticeship training and other City programs.
tax abatement, prevailing wage, local hire, affordable housing, apprenticeship, Newark
Hiring of Newark Residents by Contractors or Other Persons Doing Business with the City of Newark
Municipal Ordinance/Policy
City of Newark, NJ
Newark Resident's Employment Program requiring City services providers comply with City policy giving hiring preference to local residents and requiring PLAs and Apprenticeship training on construction projects
Newark, local hire, PLA, apprenticeship, construction
Ordinance of the City of Newark, NJ (Rent Control)
2019/8/13
Municipal Ordinance/Policy
City of Newark, NJ
Provisions stregthening Newark Rent Control Ordinance written by Homes for All Newark and adopted through tthe Ballot Initiative process.
rent control, Newark, ballot initiative
NBA Arenas: What's the Big Deal?
2015/6/11
Manual/Guide
John Goldstein, COCACOM
An examination of public subsidies for NBA arenas and how community groups can organize to get a better deal
arena, basketball, public subsidy
Nashville MLS Soccer Community Benefits Agreement
2018/9/3
CBA
Stand Up Nashville, Inc (SUN), Nashville Soccer Holdings, LLC (NSH)
A CBA for the construction of a soccer stadium in Nashville that requires targeted hiring, living wages, funding of affordable housing and community services
stadium, soccer, Nashville, local hire, targeted worker, affordable housing, living wage
Milwaukee County Resolution- Park East Redevelopment Compact (PERC)
2004/12/16
Municipal Ordinance/Policy
Milwaukee County
A Milwaukee County resolution requiring firms that develop parcels in the downtown Park East Corridor meet certain community benefit standards
Milwaukee, prevailing wage, affordable housing, minority-owned business, training, apprenticeship, green construction
City of Milwaukee Legislation Details-(Milwaukee Opportunities Restoring Employment (MORE) Ordinance
2009/3/25
Municipal Ordinance/Policy
City of Milwaukee
Applies to public works contracts and developers receiving subsidies from City. Includes requirements for Emerging Business Enterprises (EBE); Residents Preference Program (RPP); prevaiing wage; apprenticeship ratio; first source hiring; preference to local enterprises bidding on City contracts
Milwaukee, minority-owned business, local hire, prevailing wage, apprenticeship, public subsidy
Michigan City Common Council Ordinance No 4317 (Local Hiring Ordinance)
2015/5/8
Municipal Ordinance/Policy
The Common Council of the City of Michigan City
Requires 50% local hire on public works projects greatere than $150000
Michigan City, local hire
The Miami World Center Economic Incentive Agreement
2014/12/1
CBA
Park West Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA)
In Exchange for tax rebates, Miami World Center commits to hire construction workers from adjacent communities; no exclusion of workers with non-violent felony convictions; 20% of construction contracts to local busineses; enhanced living wage; first source hiring; 7.5% of professional services contracts to Community Business Enterprises (CBE); 10% of construction contracts and professional services contracts to Small Business Enterprises (SBE)
tax abatement, Miami, local hire, minority-owned business, ban the box,
Community Benefits Agreement: LAX Master Plan Program
2004/12/1
CBA
LAX Coalition, Los Agenda World's Airports (LAWA)
$15M in job training funds; hiring priority to local residents and those with special needs; funds to soundproof affected schools and residences; retrofitting of diesel construction equipment; electrifying airplane gates to minimize pollution from idling; funds to study environmental impact of airport operations on adjacent communities
CBA, training, local hire, soundproofing, Los Angeles, environmental impact
The Port of Los Angeles Clean Truck Program Program Overview & Benefits
2008
Municipal Ordinance/Policy
Port of Los Angeles (POLA)
Port of Los Angeles Clean Truck Program: Improvement of air quality at the Port;,performance criteria for providers of drayage services, enhance Port security and safety.
environmental impact, Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, clean truck program, CBA
Community Benefits Program for the Kingsbridge National Ice Center in the Kingsbridge Armory on West Kingsbridge Road in the Northwest Bronx
2013
CBA
Kingsbridge Armory Redevelopment Allaince
CBA regarding the redevelopment of the Kingsbridge Armory, in the Northwest Bronx into an ice sports center. Provisions include “wall to wall” living wages, 25% targeted workers for construction , 51% local hire, $8,000,000 initial contribution to a coalition-controlled fund for community needs, local contracting, M/WBE utilization, and local procurement requirement,
green building standards, community-based oversight and enforcement of CBA commitments.
New York, living wage, targeted worker, local hire, minority-owned business, green construction, CBA, enforcement
Community Benefits Agreement: Globeville, Elyria, Swansea Coalition
2018/12/3
Presentation
John Goldstein, COCACOM
Introduction to Community Benefits Power Point.
CBA, best practices, Denver
Acuerdos de Beneficios Comunitarios: Globeville, Elyria, Swansea Coalition (Spanish)
2018/12/4
Presentation
John Goldstein, COCACOM
Introduction to Community Benefits Power Point (spanish version)
A Guide to Social Procurement
2018
Manual/Guide
Buy Social Canada
A guide to best practices in social procurement. Procurement becomes more than a financial transaction. It becomes a tool for building community capital.
social procurement, Canada,
GES Coalition Organizing for Health and Housing Justice
2021/3/5
Presentation
John Goldstein, COCACOM
Power Point on changing how development works in Denver
Denver, affordable housing, National Western Stock Show
How Erie Residents Can Benefit More From New Development (Organizing Meeting Flyer)
Presentation
Erie County United
Flyer inviting Erie, PA residents to meeting on accountable development
accountable development, Erie
Erie City Council Study Session
2018/9/6
Presentation
John Goldstein, COCACOM
Presentation on CBAs for Erie City Council
CBA, Erie
Arena & Ancillary Development End-Use Jobs Standards
Manual/Guide
Alliance for Good Jobs & Fair Development
Brief on end-use job standards for Milwaukee Bucks arena
Milwaukee, living wage, arena, first-source hiring
Summary: West Grand Boulevard Collaborative Community Coalition Letter of Agreement
Presentation
Doing Development Different in Metro Detroit (D4)
Summary of agreement between West Grand Av collaborative and Henry Ford Hospital
CBA, Detroit, hospital, environmental justice, safety, jobs
10 Years In Detroit Equitable Development
2019/4/27
Presentation
John Goldstein, COCACOM
Power Point on 10 years of Equitable Develpment work in Detroit
Detroit, equitable development
Detroit Corridors Alliance
2013/7/24
Presentation
Francis Grunow
Corridors Alliance presentation on issues surrounding proposed hockey arena in Detroit
Detroit, arena, displacement
The Gates Cherokee Redevelopment Project
Report/Research
Description of organizing campaign to win CBA for Gates Cherokee Redevelopment in Denver
Denver, CBA, affordable housing, jobs, local hire
Substitute resolution relating to establishment of the Community-Oriented, Responsible and Equitable (CORE) Development Zone
2019/7/9
Municipal Ordinance/Policy
City of Milwaukee
Establishment of a redevelopment zone adjacent to the Milwaukee Bucks arena requiring developers to enter into CBAs
CBA, arena, Milwaukee, living wage
Targeted Hiring Measures and the Privileges and Immunities Clause
Report/Research
Community Benefits Law Center
A brief discussing some limitations on local hire laws regarding workers who cross state lines
local hire
Community Benefits Agreement: Discussion with Design Studio for Social Intervention
2018/10/11
Presentation
John Goldstein, COCACOM
Power Point presentation providing history and best practices of CBA campaigns
CBA, best practices
Gentrification & Neighborhood Change: Helpful Tool for Communities, A supplement to The Socioeconomic Change of Chicago’s Community Areas (1970-2010)
2015/3/1
Manual/Guide
Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement
Toolkit with strategies for addressing the pressures of gentrification
