TRACKING INVESTMENT FLOWS

TOM KINGSLEY, ANDREW BOWEN, JEFF MATSONOCTOBER 23, 2015DALLAS NNIP PARTNERS MEETING

IMPORTANCE OF TRACKING INVESTMENT FLOWS

• Interest and concern about investment by neighborhood – several partners

– Are public funds allocated equitably & efficiently?

– What determines the allocation of private investment?

• Not much done so far because

– Data to do it right – difficult to assemble

FRAMING

• Urban Institute paper (Theodos/Kingsley, 12/13)

• Capital investment accounts– Housing, Enterprises, Public Spaces and

Structures, Infrastructure• Operating expenditures

• Public, nonprofit, and private

DATA SOURCES - CHALLENGES

• Government budgets and expenditure records– Capital– Operating

• Building permits, property sales• Records of individual projects• Business licenses• Business directories• National nonprofit database (NCCS)• Program client data systems

BUT SOME PROJECTS DONE OR IN PLANNING

• We will hear about two today– Charlotte (Andrew Bowen)– Twin Cities (Jeff Matson)

• And there are others (we will collect more examples and provide access)– Richmond (Galster, Tatian, Accordino)– San Francisco (Karen Chapple)– Theodos – Detroit, Baltimore

PURPOSE TODAY: THINK THROUGH POTENTIAL FOR NNIP

• Questions for table talk:– How many partners at your table have

done work in this area? What kinds?– How many would like to do so in the

future? What kinds of projects?– What are key challenges? How could they

be overcome?– Should NNIP follow up? How?– Specifically, what approach to a cross-site

project?