JOHN S. RAYMONDDIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,

CITY OF PALM SPRINGS

Presentation at H. John Heinz College of Public Management & Policy

Carnegie Mellon University

February 3, 2011

Work Highlights in Palm Springs, California

Communities I’ve Worked

Pittsburgh URA (Internship)

Holyoke, Massachusetts

Upland, California

Palm Springs, California

Fresno, California

Description of the Community

Palm Springs

A Palm Springs Primer

Tourism Industry: Special Events, Indian

History, Hollywood History/Film Festival,

Architecture and Modernism, Gay

Tourism, Golf

City Built on Indian Reservation

Retirees: Wealthy and Poor

Alternative Energy

Tourism

Architectural Tourism

Modernism

Modernism Week

Gay Tourism

Hollywood & Celebrity History

Palm Springs International Film Festival

Other Well Known Events

Coachella Coachella

Other Well Known Events

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Other Well Known EventsHumana Challenge (formerly the Bob Hope Chrysler

Classic) now hosted by former President Bill Clinton

Golf, Golf, Golf

Development of Indian Land

Palm Springs is

located on Indian

Reservation

Tribe has sovereignty

Has become

important economic

generator through

gaming, natural

areas

Retirees: Wealthy and Poor

Alternative Energy Industry

Describe my Department

What would I recommend to fix the economy?

Questions of the Day

Rebuilding America II Questions

I’ll briefly describe my

organization, and

give an example of a

problem or

opportunity we faced,

and how I addressed

it.

My perspective on

what we should do to

grow the broader

economy, i.e. what I

think the U.S. needs

to do on a macro

level to get the

economy going.

Community & Economic Development

Department

Economic Development

Redevelopment

Affordable Housing

Community Development Block Grant

Rent Control

City Real Property Assets

Public Art

Economic Development

Business Attraction

Business Retention

Business Assistance

Innovation Hub

Other Incentive Programs

Redevelopment Agency

Redevelopment of former dumpsite into

Home Depot-anchored center

Redevelopment of failed downtown mall

Development of new community college

campus

Redevelopment of auto dealership

Development of affordable housing

Hotel reinvestment and future projects

Redevelopment Agency Projects we’ve done.

Project Descriptions

The Springs Home Depot Center

Downtown Mall

College of the Desert Campus

BMW Dealership

Affordable Housing

Hotel Development

Real Property Assets

Public Art

Other Programs/Incentives

My Suggestions for the Economy

Housing Market Job Creation

Settle who takes the haircut

on loan write-downs.

Bring back the NSP

program!

Allow NSP to aggregate

units into master rental

projects.

Housing creates (the

illusion of?) wealth.

Innovation hubs.

Leverage working capital

through other loan

programs (HUD 108/SBA

504).

Infrastructure!

Incentives for greening,

densification – or

renaturalization.

Contact Information

John S. RaymondDirector of Community & Economic Development

City of Palm Springs, California

760.323.8228

John.Raymond@palmspringsca.gov

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