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How Cities Can Rethink Housing After COVID-19

The City Fix

When the world shut down last March, the urban housing conversation took on a radically different hue. Suddenly, housing was a public health concern – which, of course, it always had been. Where you live, and under what conditions, appeared. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Top 6 agenda items for changemakers in 2022

Bang the Table

In the last few years, there’s been an understandable reassignment of many key communication staff to booster public health campaigns, with few able to prioritize the essential task of updating (now painfully old) policy. More on the trends changing community engagement here. Make use of available funding.

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Hospitals as urban anchors/revitalization levers, not usually, but with great potential to serve communities in important ways: Examples are two forthcoming projects by Intermountain Health and University of Utah Health

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

providing high quality people spaces within a hospital complex becomes very difficult (" Penn’s new hospital belatedly recognizes pedestrian space is a public health issue "). Hospitals can be strong supporters of community development efforts, but it has to be designed into the program from the outset.

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Tackling Inequality in Cities Is Essential for Fighting COVID-19

The City Fix

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a disruptive new normal for everyone through shelter-in-place orders and social distancing guidelines. But for the billions of urban poor, these guidelines aren’t just burdensome; they’re essentially impossible. Social distancing is a critically important response. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Our Top Local Government Conferences of 2023

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This was a moment to celebrate the renewed sense of community, which was clearer than ever before. Local government officials have just encountered one of the biggest public health emergencies of their careers. After a three-year conference hiatus, it is sure to be a full house. See you there!