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A Decade of Building Community in San Francisco’s Chinatown

In 2017-2018, I hit two milestones in my life. The first was my 10-year anniversary of doing place-based, community-based planning work at Chinatown Community Development Center in San Francisco’s Chinatown. The second was that I was pregnant and gave birth...Read More

A Note to EcoDistricts APs on Pitching EcoDistricts

March 31, 2021

By Irwin Lowenstein

EcoDistricts Program Manager, Teva Needleman, called me a few weeks ago and asked me to speak as part of the Webinar Wednesday series. I said yes without even thinking about it or even confirming the webinar topic. I know that...Read More

What is EcoDistricts Thinking? A Lay Person’s Guide

November 10, 2020

By Daniel Rossi-Keen

Every year, on December 26, my wife’s side of the family gets together to celebrate Christmas. Like most families, ours has created its own set of traditions and expectations around the holidays. In our case, one of those annual traditions...Read More

Networks ≠ Organizations: Let’s all lean into the difference!

November 10, 2020

By Lydia Morin

I spent nearly my whole first year as Executive Director of CONNECT (Congress of Neighboring Communities) in the Greater Pittsburgh Region trying to understand it as the nonprofit organization it was portrayed as by its founders and current leadership of...Read More

Pittsburgh Pioneers the 15-Minute City

September 9, 2020

By Grant Ervin

The “15-Minute City” is a long-held strategy of urban theorists and designers to improve both living conditions and the environment. Developed at the Sorbonne in Paris, the concept of “la ville du quart d’heure” is one in which daily urban...Read More

Small Town, Big Impact: Resident-Driven Change in Millvale, PA

November 12, 2016

By Katy Ricchiuto

Every year, we kick off the EcoDistricts Incubator application cycle with stories highlighting the progress of past Incubator teams. As we move into the 2017 application period, we’re spotlighting the tremendous work of the small (but mighty) town of Millvale,...Read More

Category: Engagement

A Decade of Building Community in San Francisco’s Chinatown

October 6, 2021

By Cindy Wu

A Note to EcoDistricts APs on Pitching EcoDistricts

March 31, 2021

By Irwin Lowenstein

What is EcoDistricts Thinking? A Lay Person’s Guide

November 10, 2020

By Daniel Rossi-Keen

Networks ≠ Organizations: Let’s all lean into the difference!

November 10, 2020

By Lydia Morin

Pittsburgh Pioneers the 15-Minute City

September 9, 2020

By Grant Ervin

Small Town, Big Impact: Resident-Driven Change in Millvale, PA

November 12, 2016

By Katy Ricchiuto