2. NEW CLAIMS CENTER - FERGUSON,
MO
LOCALITY DEVELOPMENT
•Name of Article: Centene to build new claims center in Ferguson, add
up to 200 jobs
•Article taken from stltoday.com. Story was written on 9/2/2014 by
Lisa Brown.
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/centene-to-build-new-claims-center-in-ferguson-add-up/article_52109369-09f7-592f-b1e8-f3ef6d262e94.html
3. LINK TO LOCALITY DEVELOPMENT
•This is an example of locality development because this company brings
physical capital, financial capital, human capital, and social capital to the city
of Ferguson.
•There is physical capital because the company will be building a new office
building in the neighborhood.
•There is financial capital because the company will bring revenue to the
neighborhood and will allow for workers to earn an income. There is also
financial capital from the grants the company will receive for bringing their
business to the city of Ferguson.
•There is human capital because the company is supplying individuals within
the neighborhood with a new set of job skills, knowledge, and capabilities.
•There is social capital because building the company in this neighborhood
gives the community a sense of hope and opportunity. In the article it states
that the CEO of the company chose to settle in Ferguson following the
unrest, because he wanted to help the community and he was confident in
4. NORTH SIDE REGENERATION- ST.
LOUIS
PAUL MCKEE- DEVELOPER- SOCIAL PLANNING EXAMPLE•Vision to rebuild a
historical part of St. Louis-
decrease crime, low income
and failing businesses.
Change the belief that the
North Side is dead
•Plan is to have a self
sustaining neighborhood.
Increase culture, safety,
more secure environment,
better educations, health
care, good infrastructure
for capitol growth.
•Proposed 15yr. Project
covering 1,500 acres and
creating 22,000 permanent
jobs
5. MCKEE WORKED ON CHANGING REGULATIONS
TO CREATE A MORE PRODUCTIVE AND
PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY.•Involving the community- McKee spoke at 150 public meetings with neighborhood
residents to get them on board with the new vision.
•People of Power- He located investors and obtained $390 million in Tax increment
financing through the Legislation as a approved partner with City of St. Louis.
$105 million in private investment
•Experts- Obtained support from Community Leaders and organizations. He
established Coalitions to manage intricate parts of the development project.
(clergy, workforce, entrepreneurial, Technology training partners, city agency
partners- St. Louis Development and Slate training career employer)
Sources: nextstl.com/2015/01/northside-regeneration
www.northstl.com
7. OWS DESCRIPTION
•The social action movement brought awareness to the issue of
income inequality and the power that major corporations have
within our government.
•People filled the streets in protest of the social and economic
inequality.
•The 99% (lack of power) challenged the 1% (powerful
banks/corporations).
•Sachs, Jeffrey (2011, October 13). Occupy Wall Street and the
Demand for Economic Justice. Huffington Post. Retrieved from
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-sachs/occupy-wall-
street-and-th_b_1007609.html
