马约拉-卡特 城市振兴战略家

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Majora Carter
Urban Revitalization Strategist | Class of 2005
Transforming the quality of life for South Bronx residents by creating new opportunities for transportation, recreation, nutrition, and economic development.

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Title
Urban Revitalization Strategist
Affiliation
Sustainable South Bronx
Location
Bronx, New York
Age
38 at time of award
Area of Focus
Housing and Community/Economic Development
Published September 1, 2005
ABOUT MAJORA'S WORK
Majora Carter, of the South Bronx, is determined to make her community more livable, greener, and healthier than it is today. The founder and director of Sustainable South Bronx (SSB), Carter is a relentless and charismatic urban strategist who seeks to address the disproportionate environmental and public health burdens experienced by residents of the South Bronx. Working in partnership with local government, businesses, and neighborhood organizations, she creates new opportunities for transportation, fitness and recreation, nutrition, and economic development. Returning to her native Hunts Point section of the South Bronx after completing an MFA, Carter first sought to deepen the emphasis on the arts in the South Bronx. It wasn’t long, however, before she was engaged in battle over New York City’s plan for a solid waste management plant to process 40 percent of the city’s garbage at a facility on the Hunts Point waterfront. Successfully diverting this plan, SSB and other groups envisioned a new relationship with the Bronx River and embarked on projects that built a park on the site of a former concrete plant, enabled public waterfront access where the shore was once littered with industrial scrap, developed an ecological restoration workforce to protect and maintain the natural environment, and raised funds to conduct a feasibility study for the establishment of a bike/pedestrian greenway along the waterfront. Making the connection between green space and health, Carter added a community education focus to the work of the SSB around fitness, food choices, and air quality. As part of this effort, she established a community market and introduced green roof technology. Today, Majora Carter is profoundly transforming the quality of life for South Bronx residents.

BIOGRAPHY
Majora Carter received a B.A. (1988) from Wesleyan University and an M.F.A. (1997) from New York University. Carter served as project director (1997-98) and associate director of community development (1998-2001) for The Point Community Development Corporation, working on youth development and community revitalization in Hunts Point. She founded Sustainable South Bronx in 2001 and serves as its executive director.





马约拉-卡特
城市振兴战略家｜2005级
通过为交通、娱乐、营养和经济发展创造新的机会，改变南布朗克斯居民的生活质量。

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标题
城市振兴战略家
工作单位
可持续发展的南布朗克斯区
工作地点
布朗克斯, 纽约
年龄
获奖时38岁
重点领域
住房和社区/经济发展
发表于2005年9月1日
关于马约拉的工作
南布朗克斯区的马约拉-卡特决心使她的社区比现在更宜居、更环保、更健康。作为可持续发展的南布朗克斯（SSB）的创始人和主任，卡特是一位不屈不挠、富有魅力的城市战略家，他试图解决南布朗克斯居民所经历的不成比例的环境和公共健康负担。她与当地政府、企业和社区组织合作，为交通、健身和娱乐、营养和经济发展创造新的机会。卡特在完成艺术硕士学业后回到她的家乡南布朗克斯的亨茨角区，首先寻求深化南布朗克斯对艺术的重视。然而，没过多久，她就参与了纽约市的固体废物管理厂计划，在亨茨角滨水区的设施中处理城市40%的垃圾。成功地改变了这一计划，SSB和其他团体设想了与布朗克斯河的新关系，并着手开展了一些项目，在一个前混凝土厂的遗址上建造了一个公园，在海岸曾经堆满工业废料的地方启用了公共海滨通道，开发了一个生态恢复工作队伍，以保护和维护自然环境，并筹集资金进行可行性研究，以沿海滨建立一个自行车/人行绿道。卡特将绿色空间和健康联系起来，在SSB的工作中加入了社区教育的重点，围绕健身、食物选择和空气质量。作为这项工作的一部分，她建立了一个社区市场并引进了绿色屋顶技术。今天，马约拉-卡特正在深刻地改变着南布朗克斯居民的生活质量。

个人简历
马约拉-卡特在卫斯理大学获得学士学位（1988年），在纽约大学获得艺术硕士学位（1997年）。卡特曾担任Point社区发展公司的项目主任（1997-98年）和社区发展副主任（1998-2001年），从事Hunts Point的青年发展和社区振兴工作。她于2001年创建了可持续发展的南布朗克斯，并担任其执行董事。