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Homes Are Vanishing From NYC’s Wealthiest Neighborhoods, And It’s Worse Than...
Apartments in New York City's Greenwich Village. (Photo by Aleks Marinkovic / Unsplash) Originally built in Greenwich Village in 1883, 9 Minetta Street once contained 20 apartments. Today, it is a...
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Community Organizations Are Taking Ownership Of Boston’s Local Food Systems
Blonde Beauchamp prepares her Haitian pickliz in Commonwealth Kitchen’s Dorchester space. (Photo by Lucas Mulder) What if there was a way for communities to create a food system, from land ownership...
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The Weekly Wrap: Philadelphia Group Wipes $1.6 Million In Medical Debt
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These Cities Are Depaving For A Cooler Future
Members of Depave Portland begin asphalt removal at Whitman Elementary in November 2021. (Photo courtesy Depave Portland) It all started because a man named Arif Khan wanted a garden. In 2007, he had...
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This Kansas City Credit Union Thinks Small Loans Shouldn’t Be So Hard to Access
(Photo by Vincent Parsons (CC BY-NC 2.0)) People looking for small loans face a number of hurdles. For starters, the underwriting process can take several weeks to complete, regardless of the size of...
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L.A. Credit Union Is Taking A More Equitable Approach To Financing Our Green...
(Photo by Giorgio Trovato) The USC Credit Union, a certified CDCU and CDFI, recently developed several green lending products that make emission-reducing energy upgrades more equitable for communities...
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How Philly Can Include Black And Brown Entrepreneurs In Its Construction And...
(Photo by Jose Fontano / Unsplash) Philadelphia is one of the largest majority-minority cities in the country. But this picture is lost in local development and supplier contract acquisitions. Winners...
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It’s Time For Cities To Extend And Expand Sanctuary
(Photo by Alex.m.Hayward / CC-BY-2.0) Ellis Island was once the border of New York City, a gated drawbridge for millions of immigrants to what would become their new homeland. But today, when New...
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How Much Of Your City Is Parking Lots?
(Photo by Pontus Wellgraf / Unsplash) This article was originally publshed on Strong Towns. A new tool from the Parking Reform Network (PRN) illustrates that downtown Cleveland is 26% parking lot. The...
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This Project Provides Housing And Tech Training For Boston’s Young Women Of...
(Photo courtesy G{Code} House) The quaint, Victorian-style house where social entrepreneur Bridgette Wallace chose to bring her vision to life looks like any other home in Boston’s historic Garrison...
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When Green Spaces Displace Residents, Our Cities’ Health Suffers
A planned link from North Minneapolis to the Mississippi River. (Rendering courtesy Ten x Ten Studios) It’s an undeniable fact: Green spaces are crucial to our health and wellbeing. Again and again,...
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The Weekly Wrap: Los Angeles’ Experiment With Reducing The “Heat Island”...
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Microtransit Is Boosting Rural Mobility In Virginia
A Mountain Empire Transit microtransit van and rider in Wise County, Virginia. (Photo courtesy METGo!) This story originally appeared in The Virginia Mercury. When most people imagine public...
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Bronx CDFI Bank Is Championing Puerto Rican Entrepreneurs
Daniel Garcia, owner of Salsa Caterers and Special Events, stands in his company's new facility. (Photo courtesy of Salsa Caterers and Special Events) Thanks to an SBA loan through Ponce Bank, Daniel...
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A Toxic Polluter In South Memphis Is Shutting Down, Thanks To Resident...
(Photo by CHUTTERSNAP / Unsplash) This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. In a major victory for the people of south Memphis, a plant that uses...
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This City Removed Its Parking Mandates By Changing One Word
(Photo by Stephan Müller / Pexels) This story was originally published by Strong Towns. Like many cities throughout North America, Norman, Oklahoma, faces a problem: They have too much parking. Large...
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Waste Mismanagement Puts Low-Income Communities’ Health At Risk
(Photo by Jon Tyson / Unsplash) Walking down the streets of Taipei, you might not know that the country was once known as Garbage Island. About 30 years ago, 30% of Taiwan’s trash was left to litter...
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San Francisco Is Fighting To Keep Its Homeless Sweeps Going, With Or Without...
(Image by Adam Derewecki from Pixabay) The city of San Francisco has been fighting a December court decision that barred it from conducting police and sanitation enforcement — or sweeps — against...
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The Weekly Wrap: The Child Tax Credit Elapsed Last Year. The Child Poverty...
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The National Flood Insurance Program Is Broken. Here’s How To Fix It.
(Photo by Phillip Pessar / CC BY 2.0) The most expensive type of disaster in the United States is flooding. Hurricanes, a major source of flooding, make up seven of the 10 costliest disasters in...
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