The Just Communities Blog

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Building Just Communities: A Year of Power and Progress

September 30, 2025
In neighborhoods across Atlanta, community gardens are thriving, once-polluted creeks are being restored, and legacy residents are holding their ground...
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5 Ways Communities Are Driving Change From the Ground Up

September 14, 2025
Across the country, communities are stepping up to lead the way toward more just, equitable, and regenerative futures. These grassroots...
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The ROI of Community-First Development for City Planners

September 12, 2025
City leaders are under pressure to do more with less. Community‑first development, where residents help shape priorities and share in...
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Regenerative Design and Urban Development

September 10, 2025
Urban development is at a crossroads. As cities grapple with the compounding challenges of climate change, social inequity, and economic...
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Embedding Environmental Justice into Engineering Curriculum

September 7, 2025
As the climate crisis intensifies and communities grapple with the consequences of aging infrastructure, unequal exposure to environmental hazards, and...
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How to Future-Proof Your City Without Gentrification

September 3, 2025
Cities across the country are grappling with a key challenge: how to plan for a thriving future without displacing the...
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How Two Landscape Architects Are Using the AP Credential to Reshape the Field

August 27, 2025
Catawba Trail Farm, once a plantation, is now a thriving space for community healing, led by a Black women-run nonprofit....
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How to Become an AP: A Practical Guide to Joining the Accredited Practitioner Community

July 29, 2025
Everyone wants thriving neighborhoods—places where people and planet are both prioritized. Whether you are shaping infrastructure, guiding policy, planning districts,...
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From Theory to Practice: The Just Communities Protocol

July 18, 2025
Insight from a Practitioner   Through my career I have worked with excellent interdisciplinary design and client teams to generate...
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