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Art, Culture and Regen Converge in Denver's RiNo and Five Points Neighborhoods
August 6, 2016
Walking through the RiNo (River North) neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, your attention will likely be drawn to the stunning murals...
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Innovative Design Offers Roots + Community for Denver's Most Vulnerable
August 1, 2016
The Mariposa and Sun Valley neighborhoods of Denver, Colorado are a before-and-after study of the potential that place-based sustainable design...
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Making the Near North Side New in St. Louis
March 10, 2016
In May 2015, a team of leaders from the Near North Side (NNS), St. Louis attended the EcoDistricts Incubator to...
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Lloyd EcoDistrict: A Case Study in Stakeholder Engagement
February 10, 2016
The Lloyd EcoDistrict in Portland, OR was formed in 2009 with a goal of becoming one of North America’s most...
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High Expectations for Rochester's First Ecodistrict
January 27, 2016
The City of Rochester, New York can lay claim to many accolades. It was one of America’s first boomtown, is...
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Food for Thought: Victoria's Newest EcoDistrict Accelerates Engagement
January 21, 2016
Earlier this year, we posted a series of blogs that highlighted the progress of past EcoDistricts Incubator teams. To kick...
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From the Neighborhood Up! Why Placemaking is the Key to Building Resilient Cities
December 14, 2015
By: Marissa Mastors, EcoDistricts They’ve become emblems of Portland’s quirky, yet tried and true motto, Keep Portland Weird: brightly-colored, painted...
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Welcome to EcoDistricts Certification
December 1, 2015
By Adam Beck, Director of Innovation Next Generation Leadership Recognition and Industry Collaboration Imagine if urban regeneration project certification schemes...
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Austin: City without Sustainability Limits
June 9, 2015
In this fourth installment of the Incubator success stories series, we’re visiting Austin, Texas’ Seaholm District, a former industrial area...
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