Albina Vision Trust (AVT) is leading a transformative effort to restore the historic Albina neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, once a thriving Black community disrupted by decades of displacement and disinvestment. This webinar will explore AVT’s community-led approach to urban redevelopment, which centers racial equity, cultural preservation, and climate resilience. Through inclusive planning, advocacy, and partnerships, AVT envisions a future where Albina is reimagined as a vibrant, regenerative neighborhood that honors its past while preparing for a climate-adaptive future. Attendees will learn how AVT integrates equity into every phase of its work, from land use and transportation to housing and public...

Just Communities welcomes Sara Bronin for a conversation on how zoning codes have long served as tools of exclusion and how we can reshape them to serve justice. As founder of the National Zoning Atlas and author of Key to the City, Bronin will walk us through how zoning can reinforce or disrupt the inequities and climate challenges that plague all of our cities.  Whether you work in planning, policy, housing, health, or education, this conversation will offer powerful insight into the rules behind the rules—and how we can change them. What You’ll Learn Participants will gain insight into: •...

In recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, join Just Communities for Liberation through Land, a conversation with Nathaniel Smith on why racial equity must be foundational to land development and why healing must be an intentional outcome of how communities grow. About the Speaker: Nathaniel Smith is the Founder and Chief Equity Officer of the globally recognized Partnership for Southern Equity. A child of Southern Freedom Movement activists, he has spent decades advancing racial equity through policy, systems change, and community-led solutions. Nathaniel serves on numerous boards, including The Funders Network, Institute for Sustainable Communities, Grist Magazine Communities,...

Join Just Communities for a live conversation on how PAD is redefining land development by centering homeowners, preventing displacement, and creating pathways to long-term wealth building. Overview Homeownership has long been one of the primary ways families build stability and generational wealth. Yet for many homeowners, especially lower-income and legacy homeowners, the barriers to improving or expanding their property are financial, technical, and structural. The Partnership for ADU Development (PAD) is a City of Seattle pilot program designed to address those barriers directly.  Through a co-development model using ground leases, PAD enables homeowners to partner with a mission-driven developer to...