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The 4 Trends Setting Atlanta's Urban Regeneration Story Apart
March 9, 2017
Every fall, EcoDistricts brings the EcoDistricts Summit to a new city – exploring the city’s cutting edge sustainable development projects and engaging...
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City Building Gets a New Business Model: From the Neighborhood, Up
February 10, 2017
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln In August 2009, a group of...
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HUD Neighborhood Award Acknowledges Value of District-Scale Regeneration
February 6, 2017
$60 million in grants to accelerate critical equity outcomes for EcoDistricts’ partner neighborhoods, Near North Side and Sun Valley The...
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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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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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A Tale of Two Cities: Eco-D and Defining Sustainable Neighborhood Regeneration in Detroit
February 4, 2015
Since 2012, 26 cities and 31 projects have participated in the annual EcoDistricts Incubator, an intensive 3-day training designed to...
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Here Comes the EcoDistricts Protocol
June 25, 2014
I confess that I ‘geek-out’ on rating tools. I’ve used them, built them, researched them, and educated people on them....
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