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<\/p>\nThe Ball State College of Architecture and Planning invites you to a virtual lecture by Juli Kaufmann at 4 p.m. March 22. Kaufmann is president of Fix Development, an award-winning Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based commercial real estate company. Her topic is Milwaukee INVESTS, an economic development model\u00a0that uses commercial real estate development as a vehicle for transformation. The approach leverages local talent, and it pools community assets to transform vacant commercial properties into thriving spaces for commerce and community building. In so doing, this for-profit, community-driven model helps to revitalize neighborhood Main\u00a0Streets and open more inclusive pathways to community wealth building in disinvested communities.<\/p>\n
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Fix Development creates \u201cquadruple bottom line\u201d real estate projects that aim to have positive cultural, social, environmental and economic impact. Fix Development uses a place-based, market-driven Main Street redevelopment model that disrupts local commercial real estate and financing systems to support small local businesses that create entrepreneurial jobs.\u00a0 Using community-design, co-development, and crowd funding strategies, Fix Development catalyzes local economic opportunity and wealth creation, even in our most disinvested neighborhoods.\u00a0 Fix Development imagines an equitable city where all citizens can realize their potential.\u00a0\u00a0 Juli has developed more than $25 million in real estate projects and is currently focused primarily in the Lindsay Heights, Sherman Park, Riverwest and Harambee Neighborhoods of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. \u00a0Her work as recently expanded to Illinois with a Chicago area project slated to open in 2021.<\/p>\n
Learning objectives<\/span> for this lecture include:<\/span><\/p>\n In conjunction with the Indiana APA, the college is offering credit for AICP members. Credit is also available for AIA members.<\/p>\n Write to caplectures@bsu.edu for a link and\/or to inquire about receiving continuing education credits.<\/p>\n —-<\/p>\n Photo:\u00a0 wondering what Fix Development had to do with the Sherman Phoenix?<\/p>\n From the Fix website:<\/p>\n The Sherman Phoenix is a model for healing our city by generating positive economic and social returns in communities of color. The civil unrest in Sherman Park in 2016 shed light on long-standing injustices and inequities, and the critical need for inclusive pathways to economic opportunities for all Milwaukeeans to thrive. This project uses an innovative approach to leverage community assets and create a more inclusive economy.<\/em><\/p>\n The Ball State College of Architecture and Planning invites you to a virtual lecture by Juli Kaufmann at 4 p.m. March 22. Kaufmann is president of Fix Development, an award-winning Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based commercial real estate company. Her topic is Milwaukee INVESTS, an economic development model\u00a0that uses commercial real estate development as a vehicle for transformation. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":170,"featured_media":557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[198,7],"tags":[303,302],"class_list":["post-555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guest-lectures","category-planning","tag-fix-development","tag-juli-kaufmann"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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