Strategy 3a: Reshape Project Delivery - Plan and Entitle
Guiding Questions.
In what ways can the project’s scope create space for team members to center health equity more deeply?
Have we constructed our project team in an equitable and inclusive manner?
Does this project present opportunities to provide workforce training and/or hire locally?
Does this project align with local community initiatives? How might we address immediate socioeconomic community needs and long-term health and climate goals? How might we support existing efforts?
May we partner with local and BIPOC led groups and experts to inform project planning?
Do we understand the unique project or site history, including associated health equity assets and challenges? What is the history of exclusion in real estate, infrastructure and capital projects within this community?
Are we establishing processes to position health equity as a priority and steward the goals of inclusion and health equity throughout the project?
Who could we contact to help us answer the questions on this page?
Practice Tools and Resources.
1. Design as Protest Collective. (2021). Anti-Racist Design Justice Index. Design as Protest (DAP) Collective.
4. Curran R, Nelson J, Marsh DS, Noor S, Liu N. (2016). Racial Equity Action Plans, A How To Manual. Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society. University of California, Berkeley.
2. Planning for Health, Equity, Advocacy, and Leadership (PHEAL). (2020, Sep). PHEAL Principles - Planning for Health Equity, Advocacy, and Leadership. State of Place.
3. Pitter, J. (2021, Feb). Healthy Communities Initiative Equity Guidance for Infrastructure Projects. Canadian Urban Institute.
5. Christensen E, Runge C, Crangle K, Picard L, Powers S. et al. (2012). Mariposa Healthy Living Toolkit. Denver Housing Authority, Mithun.
Strategy 3b: Reshape Project Delivery - Design and Build
Guiding Questions.
Are we engaging contractors and consultants in a manner that promotes diversity and inclusion?
May we partner with local and BIPOC led groups and experts on project design and build?
How might we engage the community in a way that builds genuine trust between professionals and community members? May we hire a community member and/or local expert to facilitate the engagement or participate as an advisor?
Have we established defined check-in moments to ensure that health equity is stewarded as a priority throughout project design and build?
Do we understand the range of users and other people who will interface with the project? How might we shift from a one-size-fits-all health and equity approach to address unique community needs through project design and build?
Who could we contact to help us answer the questions on this page?
Practice Tools and Resources.
1. Young, N. (2020, May). Healing-Centered Project Screen. Enterprise Community Partners.
4. Enterprise Community Partners. (2020, Jan). Cultural Resilience Assessment / Cultural Asset Guide. Enterprise Community Partners.
7. U.S. Green Building Council. (2016, May). LEED Integrative Process for Health Promotion Credit (LEED Health Process). U.S. Green Building Council.
2. NAACP (2019, July). Getting Beyond Green: A Baseline of Equity Approaches in Sustainable Building Standards. NAACP.
5. Enterprise Community Partners. (2020, Jan). Convening a Cultural Advisory Group. Enterprise Community Partners.
3. Design as Protest Collective. (2021). Anti-Racist Design Justice Index. Design as Protest Collective.
6. Enterprise Community Partners. (2020, Jan). 2020 Enterprise Green Community Criteria Health Action Plan (Criterion 1.5). Enterprise Community Partners.
8. U.S. Green Building Council. (2018, Apr). LEED Project Team Checklist for Social Impact. U.S. Green Building Council.
Strategy 3c: Reshape Project Delivery - Operate
Guiding Questions.
Are we engaging staff, contractors and consultants in a manner that promotes diversity and inclusion?
Do we have a policy for affirmative leasing and marketing? How do our tenant and community engagement programs and stewardship support inclusion?
How may our operations and management team adapt to changing needs over time? Inclusive/adaptive management, eviction policies and emergency procedures?
How can our purchasing policies and maintenance enhance health for all?
Do we have a process to monitor project performance and impact on health equity to inform ongoing operations?
How can our eviction policies be reexamined to eliminate health inequities?
Who could we contact to help us answer the questions on this page?
Practice Tools and Resources.
1. Bourcier E, Gould S, Givens M, Heller J, Yuen T. (2016). Equity Metrics for Health Impact Assessment Practice. SOPHIA - The Society of Practitioners of Health Impact Assessment.
2. Green Health Partnership, GRESB. (2019, Sep). Health & Well-being in Real Estate. GRESB.