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Kentucky's Estill Development Alliance uses a holistic approach to combat substance abuse in youth and improve overall community health. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Early community feedback through advisory committees, surveys and public meetings help shape the mix of housing units, street designs and shared amenities in the county’s master-planned communities. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

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Catch up on this year’s most-read reporting on inclusive finance, community development and economic empowerment. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Op-ed: As New York City considers its own Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, San Francisco shows how to give nonprofits a fair chance to buy homes — without freezing development or investment. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Catch up on our top reporting and analysis on solutions for equitable cities – and how cities are responding to an onslaught of federal cuts. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Op-ed: To prepare students for the complexities of community work, two educators turn to creative writing to help ignite imagination, self-awareness and communal connection. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

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As the Trump administration pulled the rug out from under the nonprofit housing sector, our reporting tracked the shifting terrain for housing and homelessness. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

New York’s participatory budgeting experiment shows there are no shortcuts — and no algorithmic fixes — for building democratic power, Celina Su writes in her new book. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Grants are helping Altadena entrepreneurs recover, pay bills and invest in growing their businesses after the wildfires. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Op-ed: CASA volunteers like me step in when the system fails. But without dependable funding, thousands of children may lose their only ally. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

After decades of failed mega-projects, the Kingsbridge Armory is now the site of one of the country’s most ambitious experiments in community ownership and shared control. nextcity.org/features/nor...

Op-ed: Fortifying Black organizers and campaigners is not optional. It is the only way to ensure creative, enduring progress when the road is blocked and the pressure is greatest. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Join this lively and inspirational conversation about integrating culture as a key driver of community power building and learn more about the Culture & Community Power Fund. nextcity.org/events/detai...

Op-ed: There's a clear business case for community foundations to redirect some of their invested assets from Wall Street to Main Street through community development financial institutions. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

A coalition of neighbors, students, researchers and elders came together to stop a proposed Sixers arena and, along the way, inspired cross-city solidarity. nextcity.org/podcast/the-...

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There’s a way to reduce both the climate and water harms of data centers: Build them in places with lots of wind and solar energy. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Historian Emily Lieb’s new book “Road to Nowhere” follows the story of a thriving Black neighborhood undone by maps, myths of “blight,” and the machinery of segrenomics. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Op-ed: As state preemption concentrates power in white conservative hands, Mississippi's Black communities are organizing to reclaim self-determination. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Los Angeles failed to eliminate traffic fatalities, so Angelenos are taking Vision Zero into their own hands – one bucket of paint at a time. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

An audit found that Washington state's LIHTC Eventual Tenant Ownership program, designed to help Native tenants become homeowners, had failed in its mission. Recently updated policies could help convert eligible homes. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Homelessness is solvable. Beyond the Bridge explores real-world solutions and what it takes to make them last. Stream Dec 1–14. RSVP: watch.eventive.org/powerplace/p... #Homelessness #HousingFirst

An audit found that Washington state's LIHTC Eventual Tenant Ownership program, designed to help Native tenants become homeowners, had failed in its mission. Recently updated policies could help convert eligible homes. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Sponsored: With the celebration of World Children's Day, KABOOM! is reflecting on a year that focused on turning its strategic vision for the health and well-being of kids into action—and fast. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Power & Place: A Film Series on Housing, Power & Collective Action is coming soon. Stream 3 groundbreaking docs Dec 1–14 + join the Dec 3 Filmmaker Roundtable. RSVP → watch.eventive.org/powerplace/p... #HousingJustice #Urbanism

Fledgling dial-a-ride networks are filling gaps in public transit in the collar counties, but they struggle to meet demand. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Podcast: The Kensington Corridor Trust and the Women’s Community Revitalization Project are proving that when residents collectively control property, they build lasting power. nextcity.org/podcast/buil...

Sponsored: The Nature Exploration Area Toolkit is designed by KABOOM! to help an array of people, from educators to policymakers, bring nature into playspaces and meet kids where they are in the outdoors. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

A boom in energy- and water-intensive data centers has opened a new era of confrontation between energy and water across the eight Great Lakes states. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Op-ed: From PFAS to PVC, the products that make homes durable are poisoning us. It’s time for lawmakers and builders to treat safe housing materials as a public health priority. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

A boom in energy- and water-intensive data centers has opened a new era of confrontation between energy and water across the eight Great Lakes states. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Sponsored: The Nature Exploration Area Toolkit is designed by KABOOM! to help an array of people, from educators to policymakers, bring nature into playspaces and meet kids where they are in the outdoors. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Three musicians, born and raised states away, find themselves among family at a local bar every Monday night. They come for the music and stay for the community. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

The House Next Door What does it mean to lose, and then reclaim , a home? The House Next Door explores the deeply personal story of rebuilding after loss and what community care looks like when institutions fall short. Streaming Dec 1–14 as part of Power & Place watch.eventive.org/powerplace/p...

Advocates says Philadelphia school closings contribute to neighborhood violence and the city's festering gun crisis. As the city weighs new closings, we look at the data. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Op-ed: Rather than pushing for 50-year mortgages to cover housing supply failure, officials must focus on transitional and starter homes, protecting CDFIs, and aligning capital, land and labor. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Sponsored: This fund is helping small business owners re-write their adventure stories, building generational wealth and transforming communities. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Op-ed: In August, Chicago set new nutrition standards for all food and beverages sold or served on city property. It's one of a growing number of major cities to have established healthy food purchasing policies. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Podcast: Once a hub of Black excellence, the Pyramid Club lives again through an exhibition that links past resilience to imagination for the future. nextcity.org/podcast/phil...

From COVID to natural disasters, organizers say they are using lessons learned to keep their people fed and healthy if and when SNAP benefits run dry. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Power & Place: A Film Series on Housing, Power & Collective Action is coming soon. Stream 3 groundbreaking docs Dec 1–14 + join the Dec 3 Filmmaker Roundtable. RSVP → watch.eventive.org/powerplace #HousingJustice #Urbanism

Photographer Abigail Montes brings the human stories of displacement, survival and belonging along the highway’s path into vivid focus. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

From New York to Denver, a look at the results of local ballot measures addressing affordable housing and housing justice. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Will the mayor-elect's bold campaign promises translate into the real world? Here’s what analysts say about feasibility, impact and challenges ahead. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...