The Tompkins County Department of Planning and Sustainability is pleased to continue the conversation around housing in our community with this public event. The Incremental Development Alliance’s Bernice Radle will share her experience in real estate development, dig into ways that Tompkins County residents can develop projects in their own neighborhoods and show local leaders and advocates how they can encourage better buildings in our communities. Radle is the Vice Chair of the City of Buffalo Zoning Board of Appeals, a leader in Buffalo's Young Preservations, a founding member of the Rust Belt Coalition of Young Preservationists, and the Founder/CEO of Buffalove Development.

What: Public Presentation on Infill and Small Scale Development
Presenter: Bernice Radle, of the Incremental Development Alliance (https://www.incrementaldevelopment.org/events) and Buffalove Development
When: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 6:00 PM (doors open at 5:30 PM)
Where: Tompkins County Public Library’s Borg Warner Room, 101 E. Green St., Ithaca, NY 14850

Whether you are curious or concerned about infill development, interested in becoming a small developer for a project in your neighborhood, or an advocate/local leader encouraging better building in your community, all are welcome at this free event. If you can’t attend the event in person a video of the presentation will be made available at http://tompkinscountyny.gov/planning/community-planning.

Who Should Attend?

• Individuals in construction, design, planning or real estate looking to either enhance their current practice or make career transitions
• Volunteers or professionals in business associations, main streets associations, historic preservation groups, and neighborhood improvement groups looking to champion incremental development in their communities
• Professionals in city, village, town management, economic development, planning, and related agencies who are looking to make it easier for small scale development in their cities
• Nonprofit development professionals working in organizations, churches, and community or housing development who need new strategies for small lot development
• Private banking professionals specializing in mortgages, commercial real estate loans, or SBA loans and professionals at Community Development Financial Institutions and Community Foundations who want to become more effective investors

The workshop is presented by the Incremental Development Alliance, a national nonprofit working to build local wealth in neighborhoods through ground-up real estate development. http://www.incrementaldevelopment.org/events/ithacalecture

To learn more about the Incremental Development Alliance, go to https://www.incrementaldevelopment.org/.