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    Database of Community Benefits Frameworks Across the US

    This database includes information pertaining to different types of publicly available community benefits frameworks, including community benefits agreements (CBAs), host community agreements (HCAs), project workforce agreements (PWAs) and community benefit plans (CBPs), amongst others. They can be an important tool to ensure that tangible benefits from development projects are felt locally, enable communities to create or fund programs that matter to them, and help developers develop local relationships and earn community acceptance of a project. This database, therefore, aims to provide information that would be useful to community organizers, policymakers, lawyers, researchers, developers, and other individuals interested in better understanding how agreements between developers and local communities are structured to provide benefits to a local community as part of the development of a specific project.

    Compiled by the World Resources Institute and Data for Progress, this database will regularly be updated as more community benefit frameworks are reviewed and analyzed. If you have access to community benefit frameworks not reflected in this database, please reach out to us here.

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    LAX Master Plan
    Framework Type: Community Benefits Agreement
    Sector: Transportation
    Project Summary: Los Angeles World Airports and the City of Los Angeles seeks to undertake renovations and devlopment operations at LAX Airport.
    Parties to framework: LAX Coalition for Economic, Environmental, and Educational Justice; Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA)
    State: California
    Year Signed: 2004
    Benefits included:
    • Employment and Workforce training
    • Health and safety
    • Environmental and climate
    Benefits - Employment and workforce training:
    – Provide $3 million per year for five years, not to exceed $15 million over five years, to fund job training for airport and aviation-related jobs, and for pre-apprenticeship programs (p. 9)
    – Eligibility preference for job training will be predominantly made available to local low-income individuals, special needs individuals, and individuals currently working at the airport (p. 10)
    – Provide annual funds for office space and two full-time employees for the First Source Hiring Program to provide early access to targeted applicants for available jobs, and provide employers with referrals of qualified applicants (p. 11, 12)
    – Coordinate with the Mayor’s Office to initiate a program to increase participation of minority and women-owned businesses in planning, construction, operation, and maintenance (p. 30)
    Benefits - Health and safety:
    – Fund its Aircraft Noise Mitigation Program with at least $4.275 million per year for the Inglewood component and $4.275 million per year for the County of Los Angeles component (p. 6)
    – Fund a study by an independent expert on toxic air contaminants and criteria air pollutant emissions from jet engine exhaust and other emission sources (p. 14)
    – Fund a study to measure and investigate the upper respiratory system and hearing loss impacts of LAX operations due to the LAX Master Plan Program (p. 15)
    – All diesel equipment for construction equipment/vehicles will be outfitted with the best available control devices to reduce particulate matter emissions (p. 19)
    Benefits - Environmental and climate:
    – Spend no less than $300,000 to subcontract with an independent expert to coordinate community-based research studies as part of the mandatory environmental analysis; not required to utilize the community-based research studies in its review (p. 16)
    – Spend at least $500,000 to create a Ground Service Equipment Diesel Emissions Reduction Incentive Program (p. 22)
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    Lorenzo Project
    Framework Type: Community Benefits Plan
    Sector: Redevelopment/Construction
    Project Summary: Palmer/Flower Street Properties, LP seeks to develop a housing project in south Los Angeles, California.
    Parties to framework: Palmer/Flower Street Properties, LP; Coalition for Responsible Community Development; Community Development Technology Center; Esperanza Community Housing Cooperation; Tenemos que Reclamar y Unidos Salvar La Tierra - South LA (TRUST South LA); etc.
    State: California
    Year Signed: 2011
    Benefits included:
    • Employment and Workforce training
    • Local infrastructure and housing
    • Health and safety
    • Other financial support
    Benefits - Employment and workforce training:
    – Pay $60,000 to support the activities of a Project Jobs Coordinator (p. 32)
    – Require that all employers use their best efforts to achieve a goal of having 30% of all construction job hours worked by local residents and 10% worked by at-risk residents (p. 33)
    – Pay $300,000 for training workers and to be used by Coalition organizations to monitor and implement this program (p. 36)
    – Use its best efforts to achieve the goal of having at least 40% of employee hours by permanent employers to be by local residents (p. 36)
    Benefits - Local infrastructure and housing:
    – Include 1,051 residential units to address affordable housing needs and restrict 5% of units to individuals at the very-low income level (p. 29)
    – Pay $1,050,000 to be used to acquire and develop affordable housing units or preserve existing ones in South Los Angeles (p. 30)
    – Pay $200,000 to improve and facilitate transit-oriented development and smart growth strategies in South Los Angeles (p. 42)
    Benefits - Health and safety:
    – Provide 7,500 square feet for a Health and Wellness Center on the Project site for low-income, underserved residents of South Los Angeles and provide $2,103,000 to fund its establishment and operation; the space will be rent-free and real estate tax-free (p. 27 & 29)
    – Pay $160,000 to be used for health promotion services in South Los Angeles, including outreach (p. 29)
    Benefits - Financial support:
    – Provide $40,000 to Coalition organizations to assist in monitoring and enforcement (p. 32)
    – Pay $300,000 to create a revolving loan fund for small businesses in South Los Angeles and will set aside 10 percent of retail space for small businesses at a discount rate (p. 41)
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    Lower Hill Redevelopment
    Framework Type: Community Benefits Plan
    Sector: Redevelopment/Construction
    Project Summary: The Pittsburgh Arena Real Estate Redevelopment Limited Partnership seeks to redevelop a former civic arena in the Lower Hill district of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    Parties to framework: Pittsburgh Penguins Organization; Lower Hill Working Group; The Sports & Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County (SEA) ; Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (URA); Allegheny County; City of Pittsburgh; Lower Hill Developer LLC; Pit
    State: Pennsylvania
    Year Signed: 2014
    Benefits included:
    • Employment and Workforce training
    • Local infrastructure and housing
    • Other
    • Other financial support
    Benefits - Employment and workforce training:
    – Set a goal to facilitate opportunities for minority and women business enterprises ("M/WBE") to participate in the ownership, development, design, construction, operation, and management of the redevelopment of the site by holding pre-bid work fairs for minority and women owned contractors and subcontractors as well as other small businesses and giving priority consideration to such businesses in awarding bids (p. 10, 24)
    – Set a goal to provide opportunities for residents from the Greater Hill District and other predominately minority communities to be employed in the redevelopment of the Lower Hill (p. 13)
    Benefits - Local infrastructure and housing:
    – Set a goal to provide opportunities for home ownership and affordable housing on the site and throughout the Greater Hill District (p. 15)
    Benefits - Financial support:
    – Will work with the community and public partners to develop the Greater Hill District Neighborhood Reinvestment Fund to more effectively attract funding and generate revenue for implementing the goals, objectives, strategies, and processes embodied in this Plan (p. 9)
    Benefits - Other:
    – Work with the community to preserve and incorporate the history of the Greater Hill District community in the design of the public areas within the site (p. 17)
    – Cultivate opportunities for residents of the Greater Hill District to form their own businesses (p. 17)
    – Coordinate community development efforts, including communication and marketing efforts to present an inclusive community and to maximize economic benefit for all residents and stakeholders (p. 18)
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    Marlton Square
    Framework Type: Community Benefits Agreement
    Sector: Redevelopment/Construction
    Project Summary: Capital Vision Equities and a yet to be determined non-profit partner seek to redevelop a property in Los Angeles, California.
    Parties to framework: Capital Vision Equities; Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles; Action for Grassroots Empowerment and Neighborhood Development Alternatives; Baldwin Village Community in Action; Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
    State: California
    Year Signed: 2002
    Benefits included:
    • Employment and Workforce training
    • Local infrastructure and housing
    Benefits - Employment and workforce training:
    – Set up a First Source Referral System, including targeting low-income individuals for jobs at the site (p. 4)
    – Provide at least 200 square feet of built-out, publicly accessible space at the Site for use of the First Source Referral System (p. 4)
    – Make all reasonable efforts to maximize the number of living wage jobs in the development; at least 70% of the jobs will be living wage jobs, with an exemption for small businesses (p. 6)
    Benefits - Local infrastructure and housing:
    – Dedicate at least 1.8 acres at the site for a facility to be used for community services, including community meetings, recreation, job training, and social and cultural events (p. 3)
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    Maui County and Kahana Solar
    Framework Type: Settlement Agreement
    Sector: Solar
    Project Summary: Kahana Solar LLC, through a power purchase agreement with Maui Electric Company, Limited, seeks to build and operate a solar photovoltaic and energy storage facility in West Maui, Hawaii.
    Parties to framework: Maui Electric Company, Limited; State of Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Division of Consumer Advocacy; Kahana Solar, LLC; West Maui Preservation Association
    State: Hawaii
    Year Signed: 2021
    Benefits included:
    • Other financial support
    Benefits - Employment and workforce training:
    – Project contractors are required to give preference to hiring qualified laborers from West Maui, Maui County, and then the State of Hawaii, in that order, before hiring non-resident laborers. (p. 6)
    Benefits - Financial support:
    – Commit a total of $1,375,000 which breaks down to $55,000 per year of project commercial operation for 25 years. Each year, $40,000 will be allocated at the discretion of Kahana Solar and $15,000 will be provided to the Hawaiian Community Foundation (p. 6)
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