Full Name
Linda Smith
Job Title
Ceo
Company
U SNAP BAC INC
Speaker Bio
Since 1995, Ms. Linda Smith has been the Executive Director of
U-SNAP-BAC, Inc. and U-SNAP-BAC Non-Profit Housing Corporation. Under Ms. Smith’s administration, the organization has secured operating funding for U-SNAP-BAC’s programs and services and successfully executed coordinated strategies in partnership with many community partners to stabilize communities and create neighborhood-based economic development opportunities.
Blight Remediation
Acquired, renovated, and resold twenty-five (25) single-family blighted properties
MSHDA NSP I- ten (10) demolitions
City of Detroit NSP II- five (5) single-family acquired/rehab/sale
Home Repair Grant- CDBG-500+ homes
Established two (2) Neighborhood Pocket Parks
Affordable Housing New Home Development
• Land Acquisition, demolition of seven (7) homes
• Infrastructure improvements
• Construction of sixty-seven (67) new single-family homes
• Construction of sixty-four (64) units of Tax Credit Townhouses
• Rescued Multi-Family Supportive Services Project: thirty (30) units for women and children
• Partner Mack Ashland Multi-Service Supportive Services Apartment Building partnership with Northeast Guidance Center – clients with mental health issues
Professional Achievements and Awards
• Michiganian of the Year 2016 by the Detroit News Paper
• Recipient of the Angelo Henderson Community Commitment Award 2016
• Women of Excellence 2016, Michigan Chronicle
• Terrence R. Duvernay Award, Michigan State Housing Development Authority: First African American Woman Recipient
• White House Empowerment Zone Award from former President Bill Clinton
Professional Affiliations
• Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
• New Detroit: Trustee
• Former, City of Detroit Planning Commissioner
• Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Graduate Achieving Excellence in Community Development
• Land Use Summit Task Force: Appointment by Mayor Dave Bing
• Community Development Advocates of Detroit (CDAD), former Board Member
In 2013, Smith was appointed by the Federal Government, along with Dan Gilbert and Dr. Glenda Price, to work on an initiative called “The Blight Task Force”. The mission was to develop a straightforward and detailed implementation plan to remove every “blighted” residential structure, commercial structure, public building, and clear every blighted vacant lot in the City of Detroit. This was to be completed in as fast a time frame as possible using an environmentally conscious approach.
U-SNAP-BAC, Inc. and U-SNAP-BAC Non-Profit Housing Corporation. Under Ms. Smith’s administration, the organization has secured operating funding for U-SNAP-BAC’s programs and services and successfully executed coordinated strategies in partnership with many community partners to stabilize communities and create neighborhood-based economic development opportunities.
Blight Remediation
Acquired, renovated, and resold twenty-five (25) single-family blighted properties
MSHDA NSP I- ten (10) demolitions
City of Detroit NSP II- five (5) single-family acquired/rehab/sale
Home Repair Grant- CDBG-500+ homes
Established two (2) Neighborhood Pocket Parks
Affordable Housing New Home Development
• Land Acquisition, demolition of seven (7) homes
• Infrastructure improvements
• Construction of sixty-seven (67) new single-family homes
• Construction of sixty-four (64) units of Tax Credit Townhouses
• Rescued Multi-Family Supportive Services Project: thirty (30) units for women and children
• Partner Mack Ashland Multi-Service Supportive Services Apartment Building partnership with Northeast Guidance Center – clients with mental health issues
Professional Achievements and Awards
• Michiganian of the Year 2016 by the Detroit News Paper
• Recipient of the Angelo Henderson Community Commitment Award 2016
• Women of Excellence 2016, Michigan Chronicle
• Terrence R. Duvernay Award, Michigan State Housing Development Authority: First African American Woman Recipient
• White House Empowerment Zone Award from former President Bill Clinton
Professional Affiliations
• Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
• New Detroit: Trustee
• Former, City of Detroit Planning Commissioner
• Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Graduate Achieving Excellence in Community Development
• Land Use Summit Task Force: Appointment by Mayor Dave Bing
• Community Development Advocates of Detroit (CDAD), former Board Member
In 2013, Smith was appointed by the Federal Government, along with Dan Gilbert and Dr. Glenda Price, to work on an initiative called “The Blight Task Force”. The mission was to develop a straightforward and detailed implementation plan to remove every “blighted” residential structure, commercial structure, public building, and clear every blighted vacant lot in the City of Detroit. This was to be completed in as fast a time frame as possible using an environmentally conscious approach.
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