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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 »

ETOD Social Impact Calculator

Discover the social and economic impacts of your affordable housing development and the benefits of locating it near transit. more »

RainReady®

RainReady helps individuals, businesses, and communities find solutions to the problem of urban flooding. more »

'I can find out what’s really happening:' Academy provides urban planning insight
April 11, 2025

Urban planning shapes decisions about what gets built, where, and planner-driven policies and processes affect much of how we experience our neighborhoods. But typically, only professionals in the field, know much about urban planning principles and ideas or development processes. One way to change that: spread the knowledge. That’s just what the first Chicago Community Planning Academy that Chicago Architecture Center and Center for Neighborhood Technology, which wrapped in... 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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The Climate Action Hero Awards celebrated CNT VP Jacky Grimshaw’s superpower of promoting walk/bike/transit

Streetsblog Chicago | April 24, 2025

Jacky Grimshaw wearing green cape speaks at a podium at climate museum awards

By Cameron Bolton

On Wednesday evening, Ms. Grimshaw received the award at the 2nd Annual Climate Action Hero Awards, held at The Library event space at 190 South La Salle St. in the Loop. (Climate Action Museum has its own event space at 300 S. Riverside Pl. in the West Loop, but so many people planned to attend the awards celebration that it needed to be moved to a large space.)

 

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