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Justice40 Analysis

The White House Justice40 Initiative aims to send 40% of dollars in federal infrastructure and environment programs to under-invested communities.... more »

Towards Equitable Electric Mobility

We’re joining other groups across the country to advance racial and environmental justice through equitable electric mobility. more »

Chicago Truck Data Portal

CNT and the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization counted trucks and buses throughout Chicagoland. The counts available through this open... more »

Evanston Green Homes retrofit sees partners work together and triple bottom line fall into place
March 26, 2025

  For homeowner Adam Blough, the March 2025 all-electric, nearly $60,000 retrofit his house received through the Evanston Green Homes program to help owners of affordable homes reduce greenhouse gas emissions is one sign among many of the historically Black community’s renaissance.   “This is the best place to be in Evanston,” Blough said during a tour he led recenltly for Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss, Fifth Ward Alderman Bobby Burns, journalists from the Evanston Roundtable... Continue reading »

 

Featured Publication

Green Stormwater Infrastructure Impact on Property Values

by CNT and SB Friedman Development Advisors
November 17, 2020

This report shows Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) adds value to homes. The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) worked with SB Friedman Development Advisors to model the impact of GSI installations, such as rain gardens, pervious pavement, swales, and planters, on property sales data in two cities and found statistically significant higher sales prices of homes near GSI. These findings add to a growing body of research that shows that nature-based solutions to storm­water management provide many benefits in addition to flood control. CNT's Green Values Calculator includes these latest findings on property value impacts in an interactive online tool. Green Infrastructure and Gentrification: Harness the Benefits, Avoid the Displacement Watch this session—hosted by the Urban Waters Learning Network Equitable Development and Anti-Displacement Collaborative on April 20, 2023—to hear more about the work that the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) and the Green Infrastructure Leadership Exchange (GILE) are doing related to equitable green infrastructure implementation.

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A Chicago Community Group Is Advancing EVs, Despite Federal Setbacks

Next City (first published by Canary Media) | March 21, 2025

The Bronzeville Community Development Partnership is working to foster clean transportation innovation in a historic hub for electric vehicles.
 
 

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