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Can Urban Trees Help Manage Your City’s Stormwater?
Researcher Lucy Rose collects throughfall samples under an ash tree at Dayton’s Bluff Park in St. Paul. (Photo by Andrew Hazzard / Sahan Journal) This story comes to you from Sahan Journal, a...
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It’s Time To Bring Back The Indoor Playground
With extreme heatwaves, poor air quality alerts and suburban sprawl attacking tree canopy from coast to coast, playgrounds have become hazardous to our children. There has never been a better time to...
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Are Creative Co-Ops the Art School of the Future?
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These Hospitals Are Welcoming RV Living For Patients, Families And Workers
Jim Weaver has had two major surgeries in the past decade: one to remove cancerous tumors from his bladder and another to clear a blocked artery. Weaver, 70, knew that after he emerged from surgery,...
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Why CDFIs Are the Best Kept Secret for Small Businesses
(Photo by Tim Mossholder) Amber Bond has worked in the commercial lending space for 14 years, working with community banks, CDFIs and other mission-focused lenders. She has a specialty in loan...
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The Weekly Wrap: Maui Residents Face Down Housing Speculators
(Photo by State Farm / CC BY 2.0) Welcome to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday round up of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and elevate the solutions bringing us closer to...
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Philadelphia Nonprofit Wants to Give Latino Entrepreneurs the Capital Boost...
Brazas BBQ Chicken founder Juan Placencia (Photo courtesy of Brazas BBQ Chicken) When Juan Placencia opened a ghost kitchen in Philadelphia at the end of 2020, the experience wasn’t what he expected....
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How Government Agencies Can Maximize Our Historic Fight Against Climate Change
(Photo courtesy Flywheel Development) The detrimental impacts of climate change have become even more apparent by the day. Record heat in every corner of the country. Unprecedented storm surges from...
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Why Community Spaces Matter
A community event at TechTown Detroit, a community space that focuses on building bridges for entrepreneurs to succeed, and accelerating an inclusive and equitable economy for Detroit and Southeast...
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As Chicago Considers A ‘Mansion Tax,’ Evanston And LA Show Potential Paths...
(Photo by Isaac Singleton / CC BY-NC 2.0) Next year, Chicago voters may decide the fate of the “Bring Chicago Home” ordinance, a so-called “mansion tax” supported by Mayor Brandon Johnson to raise...
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What Happened To Rent Control In Minneapolis?
Demonstrators hold signs advocating for affordable housing and rent control at the 2018 City of Minneapolis inauguration. (Photo by Tony Webster / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) When Minneapolis voters went to the...
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Mapping Trees In Urban Areas Can Help Fight Climate Change
(Photo by Martin Sanchez / Unsplash) The scientific consensus is that the world will soon realize the dreaded 1.5°C increase, a milestone experts have long believed to be a tipping point in climate...
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The Weekly Wrap: Minneapolis Mayor Vetoes Minimum Pay For Ride Hail Drivers
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What San Francisco Can Teach Us About Overcoming Our Transit Deficit
(Photo by Jorge Ramírez / Unsplash) Many a scholar and policy analyst has lamented the United States’ dependence on cars and the corresponding lack of federal investment in public transportation...
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Developers Can Use Social Infrastructure To Build Climate Resilience
(Photo by RDNE Stock project) As climate disasters and challenges multiply, what makes a community resilient? One answer might surprise you. Social connections – the myriad ties that link people and...
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Why Cities Are Opening Their Rivers And Lakes To Swimming
Swimming in Barton Springs Pool in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Wally Gobetz / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) As recently as the 1940s, New Yorkers swam in floating pools in the Hudson and East Rivers. A safer...
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Are CDFIs the Key to Bolstering Economic Opportunity in Puerto Rico?
Solar panels are set up outside the Jesus Obrero credit union in Puerto Rico (Photo courtesy of Jesus Obrero) Hurricane Maria slammed Puerto Rico in 2017, causing $139 billion in damages and killing...
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Why I’m Writing A Book About Taking Back The Banking System
The rumors are true. I’m going on book leave for the next few months. I’ll be working on a book, under contract with nonprofit publishing house Island Press, that makes a case to take back the banking...
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More Cities Address ‘Shade Deserts’ As Extreme Heat Triggers Health Issues
(Photo by Steven Martin / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) This article was originally produced by KFF Health News, in partnership with the Tampa Bay Times. If it weren’t for the traffic along South MacDill Avenue,...
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The Dorchester Food Co-op Is Here To Shake Up Boston’s Food Ecosystem
(Photo courtesy Dorchester Food Co-op) Stroll down the intersection of Bowdown and Topliff Streets in Boston and you’ll see the shiny automated doors of the brand new Dorchester Food Co-op, where a...
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