The Central District is an historically Black neighborhood in Seattle. Its proximity to downtown Seattle, its affordable homes and tree-lined streets have made it an attractive target for gentrification. As in similar neighborhoods in other cities, property values and taxes have risen, real estate investors and other purchasers have moved in and Black residents have been forced out. Increased demand drives a hot real estate market, but a formerly thriving community can be confronted with existential challenges.<\/p>\n
Enter The Nehemiah Initiative in Seattle, Washington, a church-led, community-based partnership designed to preserve and revitalize the Central District through the development of the significant real estate assets of historically Black churches. The initiative seeks to develop affordable mixed-use projects to meet community needs and desires with the goal of retaining, bringing back, and attracting new residents and tenants.<\/p>\n
The Nehemiah Initiative was founded and is led by Bishop Garry Tyson, pastor at the Goodwill Baptist Church, and President of the General Baptist Convention Northwest. Bishop Tyson has been joined by six additional Black church leaders and their congregations. The Initiative will include several projects to develop church properties as an overall strategy for the Central District, creating integrated projects that feature affordable housing and commercial spaces, renewal and retrofitting for existing church buildings, and common spaces to support a thriving and revitalized community.<\/p>\n
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A vision for church-based redevelopment. (Source: Mt. Baker Team)<\/p><\/div>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”19f92ca0-850f-4d09-a069-72fc36dea286″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
\nBishop Garry Tyson: \u201cThe theme that inspires the Nehemiah Initiative, that holds it all together, is our vision of the Beloved Community. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. imagined the Beloved Community as a world in which people shared wealth and resources, refused to tolerate poverty, hunger or homelessness, and replaced racial discrimination, bigotry and prejudice with an inclusive spirit of sisterhood and brotherhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Bishop Garry Tyson, pastor of the Goodwill Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, and President of the General Baptist Convention Northwest<\/p><\/div>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”71ec4c3d-39eb-4479-a760-0015d42fc7bc” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Donald King, an Affiliate Professor of Architecture at the University of Washington\u2019s College of Built Environments and long-time Seattle architect, is both a leader of the initiative and an instructor for the College\u2019s Nehemiah Studio, a class in which students and faculty in the College support the real estate, urban design and planning needs of The Nehemiah Initiative in its preliminary phase of scoping work and scenarios. His co-instructors for the fall 2020 Studio include Al Levine from the Department of Real Estate and Assistant Professor Rachel Berney from the Department of Urban Planning and Design.<\/p>\n
\u201cDecarbonizing buildings is integral to the Nehemiah Initiative\u2019s vision of re-imagined, community-focused development,\u201d said Professor King. \u201cEnvironmental degradation hits Black communities first, harder and for a longer time. Black communities have less economic and political power and lack the benefits of equity and social justice. Without societal protections, these communities are most likely to be harmed by the negative impacts of carbon on climate change, pollution of residential neighborhoods, workplaces and resulting higher costs for utilities and health care.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Nehemiah Initiative incorporates significant efforts to expand social, political, financial and environmental justice through empowering members of underused and excluded communities of color in development of property,\u201d said King. \u201cWe are dedicated to self-empowerment and building for us, by us. We recognize that there are talents and professional experience of members in our Black community to successfully perform the task of property development.”[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Donald” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]
Donald King, Affiliate Professor, Architecture Department, College of Built Environments, University of Washington<\/p><\/div>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”71ec4c3d-39eb-4479-a760-0015d42fc7bc” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”19f92ca0-850f-4d09-a069-72fc36dea286″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
\nDonald King: \u201cWe are aware that if not for racial bias and structural inequality, many of our community\u2019s planners, designers, financiers, real estate and construction businesses would have had many more opportunities for participation in the wealth-building in their own neighborhoods. Without supporting consistent and sustained opportunities for Black property development professionals, equity and a positive change in bias is not possible. The Nehemiah Initiative is absolutely dedicated to providing those opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Key design principles for the Initiative\u2019s development projects will include both energy efficiency and reducing embodied carbon. \u201cWe plan to minimize carbon emissions associated with both construction and building materials,\u201d said King. \u201cWe\u2019ll prioritize the use of local products and use renewable energy as much as possible. We plan for our structures to remain useful for at least 100 years while designing so that our building materials can be deconstructed, salvaged and reused.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to change how we understand the relationship of the church to the community,\u201d said Bishop Tyson. \u201cIn the past, we may have thought that the church is in the community and of the community, that we draw our strength from the community. Now, however, we have to see that the church is in the community to serve the community. This means that we use all of our resources, including the real estate properties owned by our church, to help people in our community to thrive, that we address challenges from homelessness to health, from jobs and education to day care and drug addiction. Everything we do is connected to the well-being of all our neighbors. We\u2019re aiming to construct net zero carbon buildings that also serve the cause of social justice and community well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n
View of Goodwill Missionary Baptist Church\u2019s rooftop recreation and garden spaces. Sanctuary is the glassed-in area on the left. Housing and commercial uses front Yesler Ave on the right. (Source: Goodwill Team, Nehemiah Studio of Autumn 2019<\/p><\/div>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Rachel” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]
Rachel Berney, Nehemiah Studio coordinator and Assistant Professor, Urban Design and Planning, College of Built Environments, University of Washington<\/p><\/div>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”71ec4c3d-39eb-4479-a760-0015d42fc7bc” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Bishop Tyson also emphasized the close connection between the climate crisis and social justice. \u201cThe people who will be most dramatically affected by global warming are the poor and marginalized people of the world,\u201d said Tyson. \u201cIn Matthew 25, we read that Jesus said, \u2018When I was hungry you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.\u2019 And when his disciples asked when they had done these things, Jesus said, \u2018Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.\u2019 In the Nehemiah Initiative, we are designing our community to follow the explicit instructions of Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n
One of Donald King’s co-instructors for the Nehemiah Studio is Professor Rachel Berney, who teaches community sustainable design and development in the College of Built Environments. \u201cTraditionally, in property management and development we have talked about a property\u2019s \u2018highest and best use\u2019, which we\u2019ve defined as physically possible, appropriately supported, financially feasible, and resulting in the highest market value for the property,\u201d said Berney. \u201cThe Nehemiah Initiative turns that definition on its head. We\u2019re saying that highest and best use begins with considering our values, our vision for a thriving and equitable community. Then we think about how our development plans can support that vision, how we can help to bring about the Beloved Community. That\u2019s a radically different lens for our students.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Nehemiah Studio began at the University\u2019s College of Built Environments in the fall of 2019, with the generous support of the McKinley Futures Studio Fund, and has included dozens of students over three successive quarters. Instructors and students have come from diverse disciplines in the College, including urban design and planning, real estate, landscape architecture, and architecture. The students worked in teams on each of the development sites proposed for the Initiative, and then created graphic and verbal presentations for the clients, faculty, studio mentors, and guests.<\/p>\n
Each team conducted a thorough and rigorous team-sourced contextual analysis for a specific, real-world development site, including the broader concerns and requirements of land use, zoning, transportation planning, and urban design guidelines. They conducted a market analysis for each site, a suitability\/development analysis, and then presented final development recommendations including real estate, architectural, and urban design and planning concerns.<\/p>\n
A strategic corporate partner for the Nehemiah Initiative is Green Canopy, a Seattle construction company with the mission to \u201cbuild homes, relationships, and businesses that help regenerate communities and environments.\u201d CEO Aaron Fairchild said, \u201cThe Nehemiah Initiative can be a significant model for sustainable construction and development for communities across the US and beyond.\u201c<\/p>\n
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Plan view of the Greater Mt. Baker Baptist Church site design. (1) Church entry from Jackson St., (2) Church courtyard, (3) Courtyard for residents, (4) Green roof. (Source Mt. Baker Team)<\/p><\/div>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”71ec4c3d-39eb-4479-a760-0015d42fc7bc” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]The Nehemiah Initiative is one of several programs supported by the Community Economic Development Conservancy Partnership (CEDCP), founded by Dr. Mark R. Jones and Curtis Brown. CEDCP works to help marginalized neighborhoods and communities achieve sustainable and inclusive economic development. The consultancy works to sustain and strengthen communities that have been subjected to systemic social, cultural, and economic disenfranchisement by segregation and gentrification.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe entire purpose of CEDCP is to bring to life our common dream of the Beloved Community,\u201d said Dr. Jones. \u201cBuilding this community means we have to develop awareness and practices that can create safe and supportive environments within organizations, and within neighborhoods and communities. We have to be able to measure the well-being of the entire ecosystem \u2013 its safety, health, wellness \u2013 its ability to thrive. That means designing buildings and community spaces that are low in both embodied carbon and operational carbon, while serving all the practical, economic, and spiritual needs of the community.\u201d[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”71ec4c3d-39eb-4479-a760-0015d42fc7bc” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”19f92ca0-850f-4d09-a069-72fc36dea286″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Aaron Fairchild: “Today millions march for change and transformation, for justice, for equity, for the young, the old, for Black lives, for the left behind, marginalized and excluded; they march for humanity\u2019s better version to bloom. Indeed, we are all linked by our common humanity and feel that we must do something. Our journey has been filled with learning how to navigate rapidly changing markets, learning what regenerating communities requires, learning how to cost effectively build the best-in-class housing that regenerative communities deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n
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