Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 10, 2023

Vacant lots are often viewed as pieces within larger systems, such as urban planning or community development, or overlooked entirely. Community organizations, local government agencies, and neighborhood residents are all interacting with lots, whether maintaining them, reusing them, or just passively co-existing.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

JULY 31, 2018

Kageyama is an author, whose book For the Love of Cities: The Love Affair Between People and Their Places was recognized in 2012 as a Top 10 Book in urban planning, design and development. On today’s episode, we’re talking with Peter Kageyama, one of the 2018 NRPA Annual Conference keynote speakers.

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The City Fix

JUNE 15, 2022

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), composed of hundreds of the world’s leading scientists, puts considerable weight on urban climate action in developing pathways towards sustainable futures. The 6th Assessment Report of the IPCC recognizes that urban areas present. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

JULY 11, 2022

Municipalities depend on higher levels of government. To achieve more equitable, resilient, low-carbon societies, cities need big changes to critical infrastructure and systems. But ample research shows they can’t raise the investment needed for those big changes on their own. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

MAY 8, 2024

Mexico became the first nation to declare access to safe mobility a human right in 2020 and two years later passed the General Law of Mobility and Road Safety to protect people, reduce collisions and promote sustainable modes of travel. Now, with this new.

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Social Pinpoint

DECEMBER 5, 2022

From urban planning and public transportation development to local government projects, the public should always play a vital role in the decision-making process and have their voices heard. This new service was slated to launch in fall 2021 – just a few months later.

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Following the launch of Colombia’s first National Roadmap for Net Zero Buildings in June 2022, the cities of Bogotá and Cali are setting the foundation for how to implement the roadmap at the local level. The municipal governments of both cities have.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

But interestingly, in matters of land use development, the average citizen expresses a kind of socialism, that the group is more important--and that no development is better. -- This also reminds me of my joke that local government workers in DC went to work with the idea that they needed to be on the straight and narrow so that they wouldn't be subject (..)

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The City Fix

APRIL 16, 2025

What does it take for cities to create a true systems change that creates a holistic, positive shift of the entire urban system? Finding and celebrating examples of this feat is at the heart of the WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities.

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The City Fix

MARCH 26, 2025

Looking at more than 350 urban leaders and experts gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, for the Green & Resilient UrbanShift Africa Forum, Dr. Cromwel Lukorito, Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II, issued a simple.

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Amid the vast Amazon River delta, Belém, Brazil, sits at the intersection of the urban and natural worlds. A network of waterways and islands home to resources like açaí and cacao surround the city, serving as a critical port for.

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Masters in Public Administration

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

News, updates, and future plans are often the topics of posts. Steve also has two master’s degrees in urban planning and economics. Various contributors to the blog post on local icons, the city, news, and more. Steve Pinkerton : He has been the city manager of Manteca, California since 2008.

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The City Fix

JANUARY 24, 2024

Last year shattered global heat records. The world witnessed the effects of rising temperatures in the form of devastating wildfires, severe flooding, extreme heatwaves and more. Poor countries and communities who have contributed the least to causing the climate crisis.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 29, 2024

I mention from time to time that I collect ephemera related to urban planning and what I am involved in. Less so now, the US Forest Service had a massive publication program, including items focused on K-12 education and adult learning.

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Barrett & Greene

MARCH 4, 2024

As we recently reported in the second of a two-part series about Trust In Government for Route Fifty, about 45% of Americans have a less than favorable view of the trustworthiness of local governments, according to data from Polco. And while it’s better than the federal government it’s still a very sorry state of affairs.

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