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Culture Is Infrastructure. So Is Justice.
June 12, 2025
There’s a specific kind of grief that comes with watching your community change around you. Not the kind that comes...
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Cross-sector partners join forces to make Cleveland home of the first hospital-anchored certified EcoDistrict
December 16, 2021
Government, philanthropy, and resident leaders teamed with The MetroHealth System in the creation of the Clark-Fulton/MetroHealth EcoDistrict, implementing a paradigm...
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S&J Industrial Estate Aims for EcoDistricts Certification
September 15, 2021
Last year, co-owners, JSE listed diversified REIT Redefine Properties and Abland Property Developers established the S&J Industrial Estate EcoDistricts Steering...
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Healthier Cities for All: Can We Distribute Health and Wellbeing Equitably?
November 10, 2020
There has long been a paradox at the heart of healthcare in Cleveland, Ohio. While home to some of the...
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Pittsburgh Pioneers the 15-Minute City
September 9, 2020
The “15-Minute City” is a long-held strategy of urban theorists and designers to improve both living conditions and the environment....
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A New Approach to Economic Development: Portland’s Innovation Quadrant
September 9, 2019
In a city known for its innovative land use and transportation investments, the city is at it again. The Portland...
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Incubator Goes to Millvale, PA
April 30, 2019
On April 24, a diverse group of community and urban development leaders packed into the Millvale Food & Energy Hub...
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Some Hard Truths About Infrastructure
October 5, 2017
By Douglass Sims, Natural Resources Defense Council When our country was first being built, our vision of infrastructure was one...
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