Post on 11-Jan-2016
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Institutional Growth: Conflict and Opportunity
Thomas E. Deller, AICP, DirectorDepartment of Planning & Development
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Providence Founded in 1636
Capital City of Rhode Island
City population of 180,000 – (students, tourists, workers and undocumented residents - nearly doubles population)
State population over 1 million - Metropolitan Area population of over 1.3 million
2nd largest city in New England - fastest growing city in New England
City 18.1 square miles of land area – 95% developed
Median household income – 60% of state
45% of the city’s tax base is tax exempt
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Challenges
Providence is 95% developed
Flat tax Base
Donor Community
Schools
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Impact of Institutional growthLoss of Tax Base
37% of city’s tax base is tax exemptOver $80 million in tax base acquired since 2003
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Impact of Institutional growth
Public safety - Noise, disturbances, underage drinking, violence to and by students
Housing shortages
Town vs. gown
Impact on neighborhood
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Impact of Institutional growth
Providence is a ‘Built’ city – limited land available
Competition for landTax paying vs. tax exempt
Redevelopment – Who benefits?
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Providence Institutions
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Brown UniversityUndergraduates: 5,754Graduate: 1,633Medical: 357Total: 7,744
Brown’s campus is composed of 238 buildings and sits on 143 acres in Providence.
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Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), founded in 1877 in Providence, RI, is a vibrant community of artists and designers that includes 2,200 students from around the world, approximately 350 faculty and curators, and 400 staff members.
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Providence College Academic Year 2006-07
Student EnrollmentUndergraduate: 3,998Graduate: 837School of Continuing Education: 596 105-acre campus
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Johnson & Wales University Since opened their doors in 1914. Their first and largest campus is in Providence. They now have campuses in five states.
J&W's Providence Campus consists of two locations, with a total of nearly 10,000 students, representing all 50 states and 78 countries.
Johnson & Wales University
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The Downcity Campus is home to students in the College of Business, The Hospitality College, and the School of Technology.
The Harborside Campus is where students study in the College of Culinary Arts, the Alan Shawn Feinstein Graduate School, and the School of Education
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Rhode Island College is located on a 180-acre campus in the Mount Pleasant section of Providence. It serves approximately 9,000 students in courses and programs both on and off campus.
Rhode Island College
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University/City Cooperation Payment in Lieu of Taxes
20-year, $49m landmark agreement with Brown, J&W, PC and RISD
Public Safety City police/college security cooperation Shared resources - MESH network, homeland
security & training
Education partnerships mentoring teachers, mentoring students, ‘adopting’
schools)
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How do you strike the rightbalance
between institutional growth
&taxpayer affordability?
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First Steps Understand the consequences of institutional growth
on the city
Recognize institutions are citizens of the city & bear responsibility in creating sound, creative partnerships and solutions
Work together to grow the city’s tax base and minimize negative impacts or growth
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How do we get there? Colleges/universities are critical economic engines
Spin off small tax paying businesses Create jobs for residents Create tax paying research and development
space Work with city to develop legislation for income
tax sharing between city and state
Colleges/universities densify land use of existing campus
Continue and expand PILOT
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How do we get there? cont’d
Colleges/universities leverage assets Redevelopment of underused real estate Develop venture capital relationship with business
community
e.g. Yale University Form a for-profit real estate entity to develop
housing, retail etcetera
e.g. University of Pennsylvania