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" [W]e need the resources
to be at the forefront of
thought leadership for the
next 80 years. Coming up
with policies and practices
to increase affordable
housing is one of the big
challenges, and the resources
of the Foundation are able to
advance that mission. "
-DOUG ABBEY
best things that ULI does today is
the real estate advisory panels. You
get together people with different,
diverse experiences and skill sets
to solve whatever problem that
a community has-whether it's
downtown zoning or where to put
the convention center in Denver.
I chaired a panel that came in
to help Oklahoma City [following
the 1995 bombing of the Alfred
P. Murrah Federal Building,]. We
came up with a plan for their urban
downtown and parks.
TOOMEY: We've done over 1,000
of those panels, so if you want to
hear about them all, we need to
get our sleeping bags. They're very
impactful. They leave behind documents
you can use to measure the
impact.
ABBEY: Work that ULI did in
Detroit's downtown played an
important role 20 years ago. It was
deserted, and now all kinds of new
business, housing, and commercial
development are happening
there. ULI did another study after
Hurricane Katrina in 2005, on how
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to deal with some of the Byzantine
laws and regulations in New
Orleans that prevented thoughtful
land use planning and tax collection.
And the ULI advisory panel's
work [in 2018] on homelessness in
Los Angeles will be a powerful and
timely one.
What was the impetus for your
gifts, and what is the significance
of them being unrestricted?
What do you hope the money will
accomplish in terms of helping
ULI's mission?
KLINGBEIL: The idea with unrestricted
gifts is that ULI decides
where the money should go and
how it can be best used to innovate,
pivot, and respond to needs.
What we're trying to do here as the
three founding donors is to help
create something that will get larger
and be able to respond to the
needs of ULI as it goes forward.
TOOMEY: The Chair's Fund permits
ULI to have the kind of permanence
that other big institutions have, to
follow the mission, and ensure that
it's going to be around for a long
time. ULI will face an ever-evolving
set of challenges. If it has to identify
a challenge or an opportunity
and then go raise money, that
would slow the speed by which it
can have an impact.
We've all had the same experience
where we've run a pretty tight, efficient
dollar-for-dollar operation, but
not had the reserves to get ahead
of problems. This sets the table
and enhances the ability of ULI to
move quickly and get involved in
problems early. Sometimes, being
the first and bringing resources
early can have a much greater
impact.
ABBEY: As Jim has said, we need
the resources to be at the forefront
of thought leadership for the
next 80 years. Coming up with
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policies and practices to increase
affordable housing is one of the
big challenges, and the resources
of the Foundation are able to
advance that mission. We know
that land use policies perpetuate
people being separated by race
and income. ULI's philosophy is to
create mixed-income communities
and provide social services and
more opportunities for people to
advance themselves. It's not easy
to move this needle, but we
have to.
What should other industry
leaders know about the benefits
of giving at the Chair's Fund
level?
KLINGBEIL: I'd like to see other
donors come in at the level we're
in; or if they come in lower, they
can contribute knowing full well
that the founding donors of this
fund will look out to make sure that
the money is well spent. I really
want to encourage people to think
about putting ULI in their estate
planning.
TOOMEY: ULI has a good strong
foothold, a good base of knowledge,
and an engaged membership.
But we need to do more.
Does ULI need more resources?
Absolutely.
I cannot think of anything else
that I've ever given to where the
gift would have so much leverage-
when you combine the talent within
ULI and its potential impact across
the globe-in terms of bettering the
lives of so many people.
ABBEY: There is no other organization
on the planet that's better
suited to come up with best ideas
and practices for attacking these
problems than ULI. Our mission is
to transform communities.
PATRICK J . KIGER is a Washington,
D.C.-based journalist and author.
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