March Lunch Program | Private Public Partnerships

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March Lunch Program | Private Public Partnerships - How to get Projects Done

Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM (PST)
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Celebrate Catering Event Space
15555 Bangy Road
Lake Oswego, Oregon, United States 97035

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Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) have become critical to enabling the transformations that are taking place in our urban environment in both primary and secondary markets, using new methods of financing from a variety of sources. This insightful discussion will focus on successful projects between developers and public agencies.

Speakers:

Brad Ketch
Chairman and President
Community Development Corporation of Oregon
Brad Ketch has traveled, lived, and worked globally on poverty, justice, and reconciliation initiatives. He has dug deep into the poorest community in Oregon for the last ten years and has witnessed its rebirth. For twenty-five years he had a thriving career in technology, culminating in his role as CEO of a publicly traded semiconductor company. But in the recession of 2008 his company failed and he was financially wiped out. Not deterred by this reversal, Brad and his wife Lynn Ketch did a mid-career switch and fulfilled their long-held goal of entering into poverty and justice work internationally. They moved to Asia, and he became the CEO of a major charity that served 100,000 ultra-poor people every year. They returned to the US and dug deep into the poorest community in Oregon and have witnessed its rebirth. He has harnessed together both the “bottom-up” and the “top down” approaches to community transformation and has shown that it works. His organization is now in the top 5 percent of nonprofits nationally. Brad is now sharing his experience and his knowledge with communities across America who want to begin a journey of transformation.

Richard Berger
Senior Director of Development
Neighborly Ventures
Richard has been developing apartments since 2005 and has developed over 3,000 units over that time. One of those developments is the Cornerstone Apartments which is the first development ever to utilize State of Oregon LIFT funding. He has utilized several other unique deal structures to improve project viability including LIHTC funding, land leases, creation of URA areas, partnerships with housing authorities, and leveraging municipal grants. Richard holds a BS in Geography from Oregon State University and an MS in Urban Planning from Columbia University.

11:30 - Noon Networking
Noon - 1:15 Lunch and Speaker