Equity in Development - Monica Chada, AIA
Channel: AIA Ohio
Date: 09/06/2021

Title: Equity in Development
Presenter: Monica Chada, AIA
Presentation date: May 27, 5:00 PM

This lecture examines how design practice can inform and impact equitable development, by focusing on three strategic areas. These areas include 1) actively valuing the input of local communities by involving them in every step of the process, responding to their input, and building relationships with community-based organizations, 2) centering people’s needs when constructing in urban areas by striving to achieve higher density, implementing mixed-use developments, and fostering transit-oriented development and 3) fostering the building of intergenerational wealth among low-income residents by privileging local businesses that create opportunities for stable employment, and increasing community ownership of community assets.