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Community resilience hub in Sendagi neighborhood of Tokyo. Glas arcade can be reconfigured into emergency storefronts to deliver emergency services. Emergency water, power, shelter and cooking are onsite. Georgetown Urban & Regional Planning Program Georgetown Global Cities Initiative

⁦Georgetown Urban & Regional Planning Program⁩ students celebrating a week of place-based research in Tokyo with our partners at Kokugakuin University. ⁦Georgetown Global Cities Initiative⁩

Thru May, number of multi-family housing units under construction rose again and is now tied for record set in 1973

Rosanne Haggerty’s Community Solutions won a $100 million grant to end homelessness in 75 communities across America. Read more on how her Built for Zero movement is changing the ways cities tackle homelessness: bloombergcities.jhu.edu/news/social-en… bloom.bg/3NuLoXa

"The city is not safe," school leader says after losing four students to gun violence in D.C. in a single academy year. She offers one solution: "Keep your children indoors in the evening and in supervised activities during the day.” washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/…

Big building downtown…what kind of new future might be invented here? ⁦Golden Triangle BID⁩ ⁦DowntownDC⁩ ⁦Federal City Council⁩

I suspect this will have an astronomically bigger impact on how people positively perceive cities and “density done well” than anything a city planner like me will ever say. Thanks Taylor Swift. #DensityDoneWell #TaylorSwift

Imagine ivy-covered brick…⁦or better yet, reimagine what a university in a city feels like. GeorgetownSCS⁩ ⁦The Earth Commons⁩

No words.

It was my honor to present Science-based Targets for Faith at #COP28 #FaithPavilion. This is a partnership between @wri and @georgetown to establish a global standard for real assets controlled by faith actors. Very special thanks to so many who have worked on this with us.

⁦Thank you to ⁦Tracy Hadden Loh 🌸 #richardlake #tommurphy and ⁦@ULIWashington⁩ for a sober exploration of development challenges across the DMV ⁦COG⁩ ⁦Urban Land Institute⁩

Turning data into stories… ⁦DowntownDC⁩ #bedowntown

“Repositioning downtown will take 5 to 10 years and it needs to be intentional.” - DM Albert ⁦DowntownDC⁩

Amazing view from the new Georgetown Capitol Campus looking down H Street into Chinatown. ⁦⁦DowntownDC⁩

We hosted Mayor Cristian Zamora of Cuenca Ecuador this week. He shared his perspectives on #intermediatecities and the upcoming global congress on that subject that he will be hosting in Cuenca with the ⁦⁦United Cities⁩. ⁦Georgetown Global Cities Initiative⁩

⁦Kenyattah Robinson⁩ addresses the ⁦MVT CID⁩ annual meeting and celebrates 20 years of #placemanagement which puts community and neighborhood first.

I am honored to have received the Glenn Brown Award from the AIA-DC and the Washington Architectural Foundation. I share this award with the hundreds of professionals and thousands of civic stakeholders with whom I have had the privilege to partner.

In a new reflection, renowned architect and designer Maya Lin shares her inspiration behind “Mapping our Place in the World,” a multi-part installation for 125 E St. Discover more about her vision here: bit.ly/48YG3BR

Several years ago, I was a student at Georgetown University University working on Masters in Urban Planning. Last night, I returned for an exciting conversation on leadership, public health, and the future of cities with some of my favorite professors.

You never realize how giant a bald eagle is until you see one swooping through Petworth