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

Over the past generation, city leaders, housing and real estate providers, civic entrepreneurs, environmentalists, social justice activists, public policy makers, and funders have been working to design new models of urban development that address the challenges that plague our cities,...Read More

On April 24, a diverse group of community and urban development leaders packed into the Millvale Food & Energy Hub outside Pittsburgh for 3 days of intense conversations to design their neighborhoods of the future. The 8th EcoDistricts Incubator hit...Read More

Two years ago, we launched EcoDistricts Certified, the world’s only verification platform that helps neighborhood teams embed equity, resilience and climate protection into their regeneration efforts. We’re pleased that 17 North American district and neighborhood redevelopment initiatives that represent over...Read More