
Just Communities: A New Chapter for EcoDistricts Begins
On the 10th anniversary of the founding of EcoDistricts, the Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE) announced a new name and ambitious agenda to reimagine EcoDistricts as a liberatory model of community development that brings together PSE’s core areas of expertise – land use and development, economic development, energy, health, and impact. Just Communities creates a generational opportunity to come together and foster a growing network of advocates, practitioners, policymakers, and community development industry leaders dedicated to new models of collaboration and impact. To kick off Just Communities, we held a conversation with PSE’s Nathaniel Smith and Suzanne Burnes to discuss the development of Just Communities, including the creation of the Manifesto for Just Communities and the next generation of the EcoDistricts Protocol, AP, and Certification programs.