The most rewarding initiative I have worked on! It also made me acutely aware of how little we engage with people experiencing homelessness in community planning. I hope you find joy in reading this report & ideas for achieving coexistence. Thank you Knight Foundation for the support!

What if we designed spaces that acknowledged homelessness instead of ignored it? Proud to have partnered with SPUR on a new whitepaper and toolkit on the topic. Check it out! gehlpeople.com/blog/homelessn… Mayra Madriz Eamon O'Connor Michelle Huttenhoff

"Cities can make parks feel safe and accommodating for housed and unhoused residents alike". Thank you @citymonitorai for highlighting SPUR & Gehl 's new toolkit which teaches our communities how we may coexist. citymonitor.ai/community/for-…

Fines and fees are an often-overlooked aspect of California’s criminal legal system. A recent SPUR forum took a close look at the role these charges play in a starkly inequitable, illogical and unjust system. Check out our article here spur.org/news/2021-02-0… SPUR

The failed F-35 program is costing us $1.7 trillion. That's enough to house all homeless people in the United States 28 times over.

“With federal dollars flowing into cities, we must now leverage the momentum to build back responsive, community-led public spaces that can be a vehicle for communities to address equitable development.” Lilly Weinberg Knight Foundation Gehl knightfoundation.org/press/releases…

Encampments are only the symptom. Demand every single affordable development includes ELI. Fund it. Prioritize PSH in every city. Demand it. Raise minimum wage. Fund UBI. Use all the hotels. Services, yes. Stop talking about moving camps. Demand we solve homelessness instead.

What if we address the economic impacts of systemic racism head-on, so that poverty, homelessness and hunger are rare and episodic, not a permanent way of life? Follow SPUR to reimagine a Bay Area where we close the racial wealth and well-being gap #SPURegionalStrategy

The BIG Q: “As ⁦⁦City of San José⁩ works to build a more sustainable and vibrant downtown, how might we shift behavior around how people come to and enjoy events at the SAP Center?” ⁦Michelle Huttenhoff⁩ #DTSJ spur.org/news/2021-05-2…

(1/3) After nearly three years of living in the Bay Area my family has decided to relocate back to the East Coast. We have landed in Charlotte and are excited to be living in one of the fastest growing US cities. With that said, I will be leaving SPUR at the end of September...

(2/3) It has been a privilege to work at such an amazing organization filled with some of the brightest minds I have come to know. AND this means we are hiring for a new Community Planning Policy Director!

(3/3) This position will carry forward our work around Guadalupe River Park, advance our research on slow streets and shared spaces, develop an equitable 15-minute neighborhood plan for San Jose and much more. You can learn more about the role here: lnkd.in/gJhkFtU.

You cannot be a "Climate Mayor" and still force communities to fight for years to convert a few parking spaces for private cars into sustainable infrastructure that serves everyone.

SPUR's new Digital Exhibition, Re-Envisioning the Guadalupe River Park, is now live on our website! This exhibit is the culmination of years of research and conversation about its future. Check it out at the link below spur.org/guadalupe

Excited for this panel and the American Society of Evidence Based Policing convening next month! Plenty of time to register here: americansebp.org/conference_202…

A big day for Colorado DAs and the communities they serve. These dashboards will be great tools for communities to better understand the impact of prosecutorial decision making and inform discussions about equitable justice, community well-being, and public safety.