Reflections on 10 years at the Intersection of Community Development & Health: How far have we come and where do we go from here?

Watch the recording of Build Health Places Network’s Network Commons, Reflections on 10 years at the Intersection of Community Development & Health: How far have we come and where do we go from here?

The live conversation, which aired on January 12, 2023, celebrated 10 years of Build Healthy Places Network (BHPN) and the organization’s efforts to support and expand the development of a new field, bridging the sectors of community development and health. Listen as national leaders in this movement reflected on the past and looked to the future for opportunities to drive collaborative neighborhood investments that improve health, advance racial equity, and reduce poverty in communities across the country.

Featured Speakers included:

Opening remarks by Amy R. Gillman, Senior Program Officer at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Comments on the future of BHPN by Co-Executive Directors, Ruth Thomas-Squance and Colleen Flynn.

Nancy Andrews: past CEO, Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF)

John Vu: VP of Strategy, Community Health, Kaiser Permanente

Chris Iglesias: CEO, The Unity Council

Tony Pickett: CEO, Grounded Solutions Network

Moderator:

Doug Jutte: Founder and former Executive Director of Build Healthy Places Network

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Resources mentioned during the webinar:

BHPN Publications: 

• Healthy Neighborhood Investments: A Policy Scan & Strategy Map
• Community-Owned Land Trusts Catch Hospitals’ Eye
• A Playbook for New Rural Healthcare Partnership Models of Investment

Resources Shared by Speakers and Participants:

• The Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership
• Grounded Solution’s Shared Equity Homeownership Overview
• Tracking Growth and Evaluating Performance of Shared Equity Homeownership Programs During Housing Market Fluctuations
• Increasing Community Power and Health Through Community Land Trusts
• From Trust Neighborhood, about Mixed Income Neighborhood Trusts
• Grounded Solutions Virtual Training Events and Recordings
• NeighborWorks America Shared Equity Training Overview
• Webinar: Innovations in Housing Finance and Ownership Models
• Report: Advancing the Promise of Shared Equity Housing Models
• Information on Planning for Health Equity, Advocacy and Leadership