Dr. Kathryn Brice Opens Building Quality Communities
Company Helps People Take Part in Community Economic Development
Decatur, GA, August 13, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Kathryn Brice, PhD. (public policy doctorate from Georgia Tech and Georgia State University) launches Building Quality Communities (BQC). Her consulting firm helps residents of challenged neighborhoods learn to participate in economic development. BQC translates the complex issues of economic development into common language that all can understand. With coaching from BQC, people become familiar with the numerous factors and stakeholders that affect community economic development. Consequently residents use this knowledge to build thriving, sustainable neighborhoods.
Neighborhood cooperation and cohesive community leadership are critical to success in economic development. Without such key ingredients, governments, developers and otherssometimes waste millions of dollars. Through interactive training programs, BQC builds bridges that enable residents to collaborate productively.
• The flow of wealth and its impact on creating sustainable communities
• Housing and neighborhood stabilization
• Basic versus more
• The importance of public and private partnerships
• Education and workforce development
• Financing tools and programs
• The importance of small business and entrepreneurship
• Infrastructure design (including transit oriented development, planning, mixed-use and mixed‐income development)
BQC programs, such as Ambassadors for Community Economic Development (ACED), are understandable to both novices in and those who have experience in economic development. BQC provides in-depth training so graduates can meaningfully engage in discussions on development, advocate for community concerns, and encourage others in the community to become involved in economic development. Topic areas include:‐complex development, Expert speakers, simulations, and special assignments enhance material presented in the course. Field trips examine best practices of economic and community revitalization strategies in other neighborhoods. BQC designs each ACED curriculum to target sponsor’s issues or concerns.
Academic Workshop for Economic Development (AWED) is a more intensive workshop consisting of fewer sessions than ACED. Both BQC programs expose residents to economic development so they feel more comfortable understanding and participating in discussions and decisions that dramatically affect their communities.
Source: BQC
About Dr. Brice:
Kathryn Brice, Ph.D. develops economic development training programs for local, urban areas. She worked for Georgia Institute of Technology Community Policy and Research Services as Director of the Community Economic Development Institute program (CEDI) and the Community Economic Development Academy (CEDA). An initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, CEDI/CEDA taught economic development to community residents in Atlanta’s urban, disadvantaged neighborhoods. Dr. Brice specializes in economic development and urban affairs. She served as Deputy Director of the Atlanta Empowerment Zone Corporation. Dr. Brice taught courses in Economic Development and Urban Affairs at Georgia State University. She earned her undergraduate degree from Harvard College and her Ph.D. in public policy specializing in Economic Development from Georgia Tech and Georgia State University. Her research interests include economic development, neighborhood revitalization, and municipal incorporations.
About BQC:
Building Quality Communities (BQC) may be reached at P.O. Box 360608; Decatur, GA 30036; Phone: (770) 322-3842
Kathryn Brice, Ph.D.
Phone: (770) 322-3842
Email: ktbrice@gmail.com
Press Contact
Gregory C. Van Buren
Phone: (404) 671-7796
Email: GregoryCVB@aol.com
About CEDI for which Dr. Brice served as Director:
During the class’ graduation ceremony [on January 26, 2008], Gail Hayes, the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Atlanta Civic Site Manager, gave opening remarks. Hayes said, “This academy was funded by the Foundation as part of our community economic development work… This academy was envisioned as a way to empower neighborhood residents through new knowledge and skills and transformational experiences.” She later continued to say, “We hoped that the academy would produce a core group of leaders equipped to lead community economic development. That result has been accomplished and much more.”
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Neighborhood cooperation and cohesive community leadership are critical to success in economic development. Without such key ingredients, governments, developers and otherssometimes waste millions of dollars. Through interactive training programs, BQC builds bridges that enable residents to collaborate productively.
• The flow of wealth and its impact on creating sustainable communities
• Housing and neighborhood stabilization
• Basic versus more
• The importance of public and private partnerships
• Education and workforce development
• Financing tools and programs
• The importance of small business and entrepreneurship
• Infrastructure design (including transit oriented development, planning, mixed-use and mixed‐income development)
BQC programs, such as Ambassadors for Community Economic Development (ACED), are understandable to both novices in and those who have experience in economic development. BQC provides in-depth training so graduates can meaningfully engage in discussions on development, advocate for community concerns, and encourage others in the community to become involved in economic development. Topic areas include:‐complex development, Expert speakers, simulations, and special assignments enhance material presented in the course. Field trips examine best practices of economic and community revitalization strategies in other neighborhoods. BQC designs each ACED curriculum to target sponsor’s issues or concerns.
Academic Workshop for Economic Development (AWED) is a more intensive workshop consisting of fewer sessions than ACED. Both BQC programs expose residents to economic development so they feel more comfortable understanding and participating in discussions and decisions that dramatically affect their communities.
Source: BQC
About Dr. Brice:
Kathryn Brice, Ph.D. develops economic development training programs for local, urban areas. She worked for Georgia Institute of Technology Community Policy and Research Services as Director of the Community Economic Development Institute program (CEDI) and the Community Economic Development Academy (CEDA). An initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, CEDI/CEDA taught economic development to community residents in Atlanta’s urban, disadvantaged neighborhoods. Dr. Brice specializes in economic development and urban affairs. She served as Deputy Director of the Atlanta Empowerment Zone Corporation. Dr. Brice taught courses in Economic Development and Urban Affairs at Georgia State University. She earned her undergraduate degree from Harvard College and her Ph.D. in public policy specializing in Economic Development from Georgia Tech and Georgia State University. Her research interests include economic development, neighborhood revitalization, and municipal incorporations.
About BQC:
Building Quality Communities (BQC) may be reached at P.O. Box 360608; Decatur, GA 30036; Phone: (770) 322-3842
Kathryn Brice, Ph.D.
Phone: (770) 322-3842
Email: ktbrice@gmail.com
Press Contact
Gregory C. Van Buren
Phone: (404) 671-7796
Email: GregoryCVB@aol.com
About CEDI for which Dr. Brice served as Director:
During the class’ graduation ceremony [on January 26, 2008], Gail Hayes, the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Atlanta Civic Site Manager, gave opening remarks. Hayes said, “This academy was funded by the Foundation as part of our community economic development work… This academy was envisioned as a way to empower neighborhood residents through new knowledge and skills and transformational experiences.” She later continued to say, “We hoped that the academy would produce a core group of leaders equipped to lead community economic development. That result has been accomplished and much more.”
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Building Quality Communities
Gregory C. Van Buren
(770) 322-3842
www.buildingqualitycommunities.com
Gregory C. Van Buren
(770) 322-3842
www.buildingqualitycommunities.com
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