Ongoing and Past Projects
Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Practices, 2008-2009Funders: St. Louis County and the Cities of Florissant, O’Fallon, and St. Peters, Missouri
Staff: Dr. Patrick Kelly, Rob Ryan, Dr. Sarah Coffin
The Impediments Report will provide updated (2008) demographic profiles, including protected classes, for each of the four jurisdictional areas. Analysis will include statistical tables and descriptive maps describing income, employment, housing characteristics, landuse, and zoning. In addition, home lending practices will be examined using Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data. The relationship between housing, income, employment and transportation can be related to race/ethnicity, families with children, and persons with disabilities in a way that describes the presence or absence of certain impediments or barriers to fair housing choice for citizens. A final report will combine this research with research by the Saint Louis University Law Clinic and be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Carondelet Neighborhood Plan, 2008-2009
Funder: Carondelet Community Betterment Foundation
Staff: Dr. Patrick Kelly, Rob Ryan, Eleanor Tutt (RHCDA) with Terry Harkness
Working with professional planner and University of Illinois Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture Terry Harkness, RegionWise and RHCDA are providing data and research support for a new neighborhood plan for the greater Carondelet neighborhood in South St. Louis City. Using Geographic Information Systems and statistical methods, census, market, and tax assessment data are being collected, analyzed, and presented in a way that informs the planning process.
Nonprofit Services Consortium (NSC) Research and Mapping Project, 2007
Funder: Nonprofit Services Consortium (NSC)
Staff: Dr. Barbara Holmes, Patrick Kelly, Ruth Sergenian
RegionWise collaborated with NSC to create a report focused on a central segment of the nonprofit sector in the state of Missouri – public charities, providing answers to basic questions regarding the size, structure and impact of this group of nonprofits. Our reports described the size, geographic distribution, and fiscal health of the reporting public charities in Missouri. Read the finished report in the publication section of this website.
Educators Affinity Group, Gateway for Giving, 2007
Funder: Gateway for Giving
Staff: Dr. Jim Gilsinan, Dr. Bill Rebore, Christine Luebbert
RegionWise and faculty from the College of Public Service were contracted to facilitate funder group meetings and prepare a white paper on Effective Public School Board Governance. RegionWise conducted literature review of school board governance best practices, created presentation material for focus groups, and collaborated with writing and thematic ideas for paper. Read the finished report in the publication section of this website.
St. Louis City Neighborhood Typology, 2006
Funders: AT&T Foundation and CitiGroup Foundation
Staff: Ruth Sergenian, Dr. Patrick Kelly, Dr. Sarah Coffin
RegionWise provided data analysis services to support neighborhood revitalization and brownfield redevelopment. After collecting data on more than 20 variables using GIS and employing a statistical cluster analysis model, a better picture of the City's different distinct neighborhoods was created. This typology was used to identify housing sub-markets and re-development opportunities within the city of St. Louis.
Access Academies: Student Profiling, 2006
Funder: Access Academies
Staff: Dr. Patrick Kelly
Access Academies are independent alternative middle schools in the St. Louis area affiliated with the Nativity Miguel school network. Access Academies are designed to prepare low income students to become competitive high school students and then successful college students. They offer a range of non-traditional support programs for their students, some of which might find their way into the planned Inventory compendium. Our role in this project was to provide strategic planning process and tools to assist ACCESS Academies efforts to collaborate with individuals and organizations to ensure the economic sustainability of participating schools and the ongoing success of their students.
St. Margaret of Scotland Strategic Plan, 2005
Funder: St. Margaret of Scotland Parish
Staff: Dr. Patrick Kelly, Ruth Sergenian
RegionWise provided data and research support for St. Margaret of Scotland's parish and school planning process. Using Geographic Information Systems and statistical methods, census, market, and tax assessment data was collected, analyzed, and presented in a way that informed the decision makers' work.
