This edition of On Common Ground explores how decision makers, developers and homeowners are taking action now to preserve the viability of their property and structures into the future. The articles that follow spotlight action at the local level, building resilience, efficient homes, and resilient economies, as well as the value of open space in absorbing the impacts of extreme weather and the embedded value of smart growth development as an inherently resilient style of development.
In This Issue
2020. The death of George Floyd and the pandemic: the combined impact on our cities, towns and rural areas is unparalleled in my lifetime.
With rapid planning and regulatory reforms, cities develop antidotes to post-pandemic malaise.
Planning, zoning and other land-use policy best practices to erase errors of the past that perpetuated bias and deepened inequality.
Communicate through schools, community groups, nonprofit organizations and faith communities. Be intentional in your community engagement process.
The pandemic is widening the racial and economic disparities in access to affordable housing. Education is a start, but there is much work to be done.
REALTOR® Associations, Land Banks and Nonprofits Address Vacant, Abandoned, Deteriorated Properties
Americans’ preferences are shifting amid COVID-19 impacts.
The pandemic has people moving, taking their work with them.
Local government, nonprofits and public-private partnerships work towards rebalancing from the fiscal impacts of COVID-19.
The current pandemic has forced cities to rethink transportation and outdoor space. While many projects are temporary, several cities are making these projects permanent, and more equitable.
Walkability tops homebuyers wish lists. Survey after survey agree.
