Strategic code enforcement offers a cohesive and principled approach that can protect public health and safety in more inclusive, collaborative and equitable ways. vacantpropertyresearch.com/translation-br…

"Race-based inequities aren’t the result of personal choices. They reflect societal decisions that give blackness second-class status and normalize their unmet needs." Systems for Action Chris Lyttle discusses the need for systems alignment. #CultureofHealth rwjf.ws/38VRNpR

From E. Bramhall & Joseph Schilling: "In planning & implementing built-environment interventions, prioritizing & understanding the experience of populations with barriers to healthy environments can help promote health equity for all residents." urbn.is/2Cw70BG

Again great work NPI Memphis serving as that catalyst for community revitalization!

Great playlist! Thank you Barack Obama but I would add this Stevie Wonder hit genius.com/Stevie-wonder-… written during another test of our democracy...the lyrics seem appropo re the current federal response to the pandemic

As we look out on the policy horizon, the current COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with the outcry for racial justice and the constant drum beat of climate change, could generate the necessary policy convergence to drive the green regeneration of small and midsize LegacyCities

Congratulations Danny!

Impressive and creative pathway that other communities should explore. Congrats to @grvelasco_ and your coauthors

President Biden’s Climate Plan includes ambitious, science-based targets and policies, many of which U.S. cities have already been successfully implementing.

Let's add another C to Biden's proposal...COVID recovery...as the new capacities they could bring could help communities become more equitable, green, and healthy. nextcity.org/daily/entry/bi…

For any policymaker or practitioner who works in/with neighborhoods to address problem properties and facilitate stabilization and revitalization, Karen Black's latest effort compiles the latest research on the impacts of a wide range of commong strategie…lnkd.in/eRZth5m

We can’t beat the climate crisis without rethinking land use brook.gs/33CR9vj via The Brookings Institution

Health Impact Assessments , Community Engagement Can Promote Equitable Infrastructure Choices pew.org/3h45TLV via The Pew Trusts

🚨 This is HUGE! 🚨 Final rule from Treasury Department confirms ARPA funds can be used by communities to address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties!

.Joseph Schilling & A. Padilla: "Embedding residents within the formal governance structure... & following proven community-engaged methods can elevate resident voices & lead to equitable development efforts that reflect community priorities." urbn.is/3AWuco7

📢📽️Join us this Thu Jan 12 for the launch of the webdoc #TheGreenDivide by our BCNUEJ group. It is a 6-city analysis of #greeninequalities #environmentaljustice and #urbanjustice struggles in North America and Europe. Register here!👇 eventbrite.es/e/the-green-di…

Our just-released Policy Focus Report, “Greening America’s Smaller Legacy Cities,” looks at how local governments can chart out bold paths toward green regeneration. Check it out: go.lincolninst.edu/l/153411/2023-… #LegacyCities #GreenCities

Excited to share our Lincoln Institute Lincoln Institute of Land Policy report that highlights how #legacycities can green their plans and codes, reclaim #brownfields and realize a low carbon, economically and racially just future.

Sharing insights and ideas from our Lincoln Institute of Land Policy report greening smaller legacy cities here @brownfields2023 with my colleagues Ann, Chris and Stefan Urban Institute