We are at a crossroads. We stand in solidarity with Black activists that demand swift and substantial changes to policing, criminal justice, and community investment. We acknowledge that our white-dominant profession has long been complacent in denying Black people the...Read More

Pittsburgh and Cleveland projects get big boost with EcoDistricts Incubator   It’s Day 1, the first morning of the EcoDistricts Incubator at the Millvale Moose in Millvale, PA, a former fraternal lodge in a Pittsburgh suburb across the river from...Read More

Our cities are at a crossroads. Across the world, cities are undergoing massive transformations fueled in part by an unprecedented amount of capital that is fundamentally changing the fabric of our society. In short, as geographer David Harvey says, we...Read More

Frank talk.  Liz Ogbu of Studio O in Oakland and Kofi Boone, professor of landscape architecture at North Carolina State University, keynoted the 2019 EcoDistricts Summit with a very clear message to the 300 urban sustainability leaders assembled at the...Read More

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the EcoDistricts Summit, EcoDistricts launched a new recognition program called EcoDistricts Citymakers Awards to acknowledge and celebrate a select number of sustainable development leaders and catalytic district- and neighborhood-scale projects that are working towards...Read More

In a city known for its innovative land use and transportation investments, the city is at it again. The Portland Innovation Quadrant (IQ) is a unique partnership to advance next generation economic and urban development in the central city through...Read More