Just Communities Certified

Welcome to Just Communities Certified

A Standard Designed to Disrupt Business as Usual

Just Communities Certified is the world’s most rigorous equitable and regenerative development certification program designed to help resident leaders, community-based organizations, developers, and municipalities build a common vision, governing structure, and workplan to guide future growth and development over time for neighborhood, district, and campus-scale projects.

Just Communities is a process and outcome-based certification, designed around five commitment areas and four implementation phases that are responsive to a community’s most pressing priorities, opportunities, and challenges. Certification is a mark of leadership and provides access to a global peer-to-peer learning network.

Key Benefits of Just Communities:

• Increase Trust: Promotes transparency, clarity and trust among stakeholders.
• Improve Outcomes: Promotes comprehensive target setting based on leading equitable and regenerative development metrics
• Provide Assistance: Provides useful feedback and guidance at every step of planning and implementation.
• Celebrate Leadership: Endorses exemplary urban and community development projects.
• Spark Change: Elevates a new set of best practices to help inspire market transformation.

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If you’re interested in learning more about certification or registering your community, contact us for a consultation.