What is Redevelopment?
Redevelopment rebuilds cities, creates affordable housing, creates jobs, and develops infrastructure.
What is CRA?
A non-profit organization established in 1979, the California Redevelopment Association proactively represents redevelopment agencies and allied firms, responds to legislative proposals and administrative regulations, provides member services, and conducts training and professional development events. CRA is 350 redevelopment agencies and 305 private sector companies such as financial institutions, redevelopment consultants, developers, and law firms involved in the redevelopment process.
Why Join CRA?
Legislative Advocacy
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CRA Sponsors, supports, opposes, and monitors redevelopment and housing legislation
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CRA Provides public information regarding redevelopment law and activities
Join and you will Receive
Member Services
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$$$ Significant savings on attendance at CRA events, and purchase of publications
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Legislative analyses
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Redevelopment Magazine
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Redevelopment Directory
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Access to a clearinghouse for redevelopment knowledge and documents
CRA Offers...
Professional Development
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Education, networking, and speaking opportunities for redevelopment practitioners and consultants
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Marketing opportunities through sponsorship of seminars and conferences
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Published workbooks and documents regarding various aspects of redevelopment also offering authorship opportunities
Public Education
Join CRA to help support redevelopment agencies, organizations and companies in educating the public, members of the press, public officials, and legislators about the benefits and accomplishments of redevelopment and its contributions to livable communities with affordable housing, infrastructure development, jobs creation, and economic viability of cities and counties in California.
Professional Development
Improve your skill set and knowledge base. Get to know your peers and redevelopment practitioners by participating in CRA’s in substantive sessions and networking opportunities. Seminars, Conferences and Networking Opportunties.
Introduction to Redevelopment
Learn at this educational seminar and survey course on redevelopment held each spring and fall.
Redevelopment Institute
Attend to learn, or rise to train at one dozen in-depth, hands-on classes in small forums held each May and July.
Legal Issues Symposium
A conference and forum for discussion of legislative, judicial and executive issues convened each August.
Affordable Housing Conference
Attend a joint meeting of CRA and the California Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies each October to address California housing issues and needs.
Regional Legislative/Membership Meetings
Attend one of seven dates in October providing forums for discussion about results of CRA’s legislative efforts. This is also a chance for redevelopment agencies and private sector members to give the Association input and direction.
Annual Conference & Expo
A large convening of local and state officials, organizations and firms each March to take part in substantive sessions, small group discussions, a trade show, networking, keynotes that provoke thought and stir to action, develop relationships, and renew acquaintances.
Publications
Community Guide to Redevelopment
California Affordable Housing Handbook
Guidance for the development of affordable housing by redevelopment agencies.
Conference and seminar notebooks
Materials compiled for our Legal Issues Symposium, and Affordable Housing conferences are made into binders.
Committees
Share your knowledge, discuss issues with your colleagues, guide the Association: Brownfields Committee, Housing Committee, Marketing & Publications Committee.
Join CRA! Your welcome gift, a $250 value Directory of Redevelopment Agencies & Allied Firms Profiles, programs & projects of redevelopment agencies and organizations and firms that work with them.
Join and develop your profile for the Redevelopment Directory which gets circulated to redevelopment agencies: This is the book agencies tap when looking for providers to whom they’ll send RFPs.
To join the California Redevelopment Association, call Rich Heitke at:
800-283-6907
between 9:00 am-5:00 pm