Roadmap Connect Program
Infrastructure Institute is thrilled to support CP Planning as a program delivery partner in the Social Purpose Real Estate (SPRE) mentorship programs as part of CP Planning’s Roadmap For Redevelopment: Plans to Confront Systemic Racism “Roadmap”. These programs seek to address the barriers that racialized leaders and communities of non-profit organizations face in the development and procurement of affordable housing.
About the Roadmap
The Roadmap is an Ontario-wide project led by CP Planning addressing the problem of systemic racism, displacement and low planning outputs of affordable housing through the creation and implementation of Inclusive Neighbourhood Planning Hubs supported by strategic planning, mentorship, and vertical integration between racialized communities and those with assets, knowledge and/or social capital to plan and develop affordable housing.
Webinar Series
This ten-part free webinar series will be hosted by the Infrastructure Institute as part of the Roadmap Connect program. CP Planning and Infrastructure Institute will release the first instalment in fall 2023. These webinars are designed to enhance the knowledge and capacity of non-profit organizations, empowering them to become partner-ready to pursue real estate development projects. The series will focus on preparing non-profit boards to plan, propose, and partner to build or operate housing , and provide an overview of real estate financial literacy. The first part of our series is now complete, you can watch Infrastructure Institute previous webinars here.
Roadmap Connect Networking Mixer
On February 29, 2024 Infrastructure Institute along with CP Planning invited industry leaders, developers and community members to spend an evening getting to know each other and make meaningful connections. We hope these new connections will bring movement towards breaking barriers for creating more affordable housing in racialized communities.
Program Series Description
The Organizational Readiness and Accelerator Programs are free, public programs to support and speed up pre-development processes for mission-driven organizations who wish to invest in their own spaces. The Organizational Readiness Program is a 6-week program for organizations seeking support with an assessment of their “readiness” to develop a project. The Accelerator is a more intensive 6-month program designed for groups ready for the next phase in developing a social purpose development that includes a housing component, with a confirmed concept, and in search of hands-on support through the pre-development phase of a project. The Accelerator program seeks to go beyond building capacity within an organization, focusing on working with groups to start drafting the project details that they need to pitch projects to partners, funders, investors, and government agencies. All participants have the opportunity to pitch their projects to investors and potential project partners from the Accelerator’s ecosystem of collaborators.
Details
Organizational Readiness Program
The Organizational Readiness Program is a 6-week program consisting of:
- 1.5-hours of online sessions per week
- Program period: January 16th- February 20th, 2024
The Accelerator is a 6-month program consisting of:
- Programming period: March 28 – September 5, 2024
- 2-hour, bi-weekly online sessions
- Regular mentor check-ins
- Support from the Institute’s in-house consultants (architect, planner, designer)
Key Program
Topics
Organizational Readiness Review
Idea Refinement
Concept Plan & Visualization
Business Plan & Financial Modelling
Addressing Unforeseen Challenges
Making an Investment Pitch
Eligibility
Though not mandatory, groups are encouraged to complete the Infrastructure Institute’s SPRE 101 Video Series and Organizational Readiness Program to prepare for participation in the Accelerator.
The Roadmap Connect Organizational Readiness program is open to organizations that are :
- Able to commit to the full 6-week program
- A registered charity or nonprofit organization
- Led by and/or primarily serving racialized populations;
The Accelerator application process for Roadmap Connect is open to all groups that are:
- Led by and/or primarily serving racialized populations;
- Able to commit to the full 6-month program;
- A registered charity or non-profit organization;
- Demonstrate that they have an interest in developing an affordable housing-focused project;
- Are based in Southern Ontario (Greater Toronto-Hamilton Region, Kitchener-Waterloo Region, and Ottawa);
- Able to demonstrate support from the organization’s Board of Directors. Commitment from at least one staff/volunteer and one Board member to participate in this program will be considered an asset in the application review process.
*Applications now closed*
Roadmap Connect Info Session
Applications for the Roadmap Connect Organizational Readiness and Accelerator program are open! Watch this information session to learn more about the programs and how your organization can access to free training and capacity-building to help your organization tackle an affordable housing project.
Questions?
Please contact Alix Aylen, Program Lead, at Alix.Aylen@mail.utoronto.ca
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