Minutes of the meeting from Paul Fontaine

September 14, 2016

Fordies role is MECC
Help define the project and the crisis
Frame the challenge to be consumable for a wide range of stakeholders
(private and public sector)
Key Members
At the site visit be sure to establish contact with:
Sarah Lucas regional planner
Tony housing authority director
Chamber of commerce
Northwest community college
Hospitals
Challenge: defining the standards for what is affordable housing
Available resources on public opinion include podcasts and interviews on
pushback on affordable houses in the city
Stakeholder analysis and gap analysis
Lots of people address the issue but whats the capacity of each stakeholder
and wherere the gaps
Learning partners
Many rural areas have done a great job e.g. Vermont, New Hampshire,
Aspen/ski towns etc.
What can we learn from these learning partners and how can we use it in
the traverse city context?
Other schools in MECC
Lawyers
Who should be at the negotiating table?
Engineering
Models
Urban planners
Manistee evaluating the options for housing

Social work
Whats affordable housing to you, whats the priority
School of information
User friendly tools to find affordable housing//add a yelp-like review
PhD
Experts in housing facilities (need to with these guys closely)
Business school
Market analysis

NB: Paul Fontaine will send us an MoU that MECC

has with other schools on the project