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Finding Child Care Is Hard. Finding Transit-Accessible Child Care Can Be...
(Photo by xavierarnau / iStockPhoto) It’s only 6 a.m., but your day is well underway. It’s barely light out, but you’re already rushing to get yourself and your two kids dressed, fed and out the door...
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This Man Used His Wrongful Conviction Settlement To Buy A House For Other...
A volunteer day at the Exoneree Home, located just outside Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo courtesy McLaughlin) In 2010, thanks to the work of the Ohio Innocence Project — an effort of the University of...
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Why Architects Need To Help Solve The Housing Crisis
(Photo by Tim Griffith) This is an adapted excerpt from “Practice with Purpose: A Guide to Mission-Driven Design” by Bill Leddy, FAIA, Principal at Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects and the firm’s team....
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This Is What A Credit Union Designed For The Hispanic Community Looks Like
(Photo by frankieleon / CC BY 2.0) In March, Granite Credit Union became the first credit union in Salt Lake County, Utah, to receive the Juntos Avanzamos designation. With the designation, the...
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New Data Tool Shows Cities Where to Build Their Next Playground
Students play at Duckrey Elementary School's playground in North Philadelphia. (Photo courtesy of Jared Piper/PHLCouncil / CC BY-NC 2.0) Sponsored content from The KABOOM! 25 in 5 Initiative....
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How A Colorado Nonprofit Is Breaking The Cycle Of Veteran Homelessness And...
(Photo by Benjamin Faust) More than 95% of veterans who are entrepreneurs need initial startup capital to start their businesses. More than half of them need less than $25,000 to do it. Andrew Canales...
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The Weekly Wrap: In California’s Bay Area, A Victory For Public Banking
Berkeley is one of four local jurisdictions involved with the East Bay Public Bank. (Photo by TheBayPeak / Unsplash) Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday round up of stories that explain the...
View ArticleBoston’s High School Dropout Rate Fell By More Than Half. Here’s Their...
(Photo courtesy Boston Public Schools Re-Engagement Center) On Wednesday, Sept. 6, while high school students across Boston enjoyed the final day of their summer break, dozens of volunteers fanned out...
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Higher Ed Campuses Can Revitalize Our Downtowns
The Academe at 198, UC Law SF’s latest addition to its academic village in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood blends teaching-learning, housing and event spaces with ground-floor retail As cities...
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Ending Minimum Parking Requirements Was A Policy Win For The Twin Cities
(Photo by Daniel McCullough / Unsplash) This article was originally published in Minnesota Reformer. Three years ago, anybody constructing a building in most parts of St. Paul or Minneapolis would...
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ADUs Can Help Address The Lack Of Housing. But They’re Bad Urban Design.
An ADU under construction in Oregon. (Photo by Sightline Institute Modest Middle Homes Library / CC BY 4.0 Deed International License) Cities across the U.S. and Canada have embraced Accessory...
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Empowering Thriving Cities Through Talent: Young Smart & Local Conference
Sponsored content from Young Smart & Local. Sponsored content policy The Young Smart & Local (YSL) network, dedicated to cultivating diverse talent for economic growth, is gearing up for its...
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The Weekly Wrap: Will NYC Suspend Its “Right To Shelter”?
(MTAPhotos / CC BY 2.0 DEED) Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap! If you’re new here, this is our Friday round up of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and elevate the solutions...
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What America Can Learn From Canada’s New ‘$10 A Day’ Child Care System
A child plays in a classroom at Collingwood Neighborhood House in Vancouver, Canada, where child care costs $10 a day. (Photo by Jackie Mader / The Hechinger Report) This story was produced by The...
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How Cities Are Experimenting With Reparations In Urban Policy
New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Brother Swagler / Unsplash) Even as politicians work to reenact Jim Crow-era silences about how white supremacy has shaped America, reparations are on the table as...
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Four Winning Models For Building Community Wealth
Nikishka Iyengar, middle, with colleagues. (Photo by The Guild) If we’re ever going to have a just economy, we’ll have to build it from the ground up. Flowing resources to front-line communities that...
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How Cities And States Are Curbing Gas-Powered Lawn Equipment
Dallas officials were on the cusp of banning the use of gasoline-powered lawn mowers, leaf blowers and other landscaping equipment when, in May, oil-friendly Texas enacted a law banning restrictions...
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Will Teaching Officers How to Listen Improve Policing?
(Photo by Corey Young / Unsplash) This article was originally published on Vital City. Isaiah Hall doesn’t think he’ll ever call the police. In the summer of 2018, he had just turned 17. During one...
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The Squatters Asking Why Chicago’s Public Housing Is Filled With Vacancies
Humboldt Park in Chicago. (Photo by Ray Graciano / Unsplash) In late August, a group of Chicago residents were forcibly removed from a building they called home, a longtime-vacant property owned by...
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The Weekly Wrap: Wisconsin’s State Supreme Court Restricts Eviction Records
(Photo by Saketh Garuda / Unsplash) Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap! If you’re new here, this is our Friday round up of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and elevate the...
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