“CNT does things with communities, not to communities.”
~ Chris Wheat, CNT board member
Nature Near Transit
Equitable and Resilient Placekeeping with Nature-Based Solutions and Public Art
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topics: Equitable Transit Oriented Development
With the release of our Elevated Works 2025 Impact Report Bridging Visions, Accelerating Impact I’ve been reflecting on lessons learned about the state of equitable transit-oriented development (ETOD) and technical assistance. When we started Elevated Works in 2023 shortly after the Connected...
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topics: Equitable Transit Oriented Development
Bridging Visions, Accelerating Impact: Elevated Works ETOD Technical Assistance Program Impact, by CNT and Elevated Chicago, highlights new best practices for publicly funded community development in general and equitable transit-oriented development specifically. With case studies, a...
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topics: Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Transportation
The lack of connected high-quality, affordable housing and transit infrastructure exacerbates economic and racial inequities in our cities. It also contributes to increased toxic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions while perpetuating racial segregation. This new report walks through the...
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topics: Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Housing, Technical Assistance
Community-based organizations have the vision and local knowledge of what their neighborhoods need. Policy and planning organizations bring expertise in equitable transit-oriented development to help make those visions reality.
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topics: Equitable Transit Oriented Development
Jokes about zoning and how many parking spots it takes to get a building constructed in Chicago don't go over in every crowd — but they got knowing laughs from many at the Elevated Works end-of-year celebration for community-based developers and coaches at The Starling. Carlos, Karla and Rafa...
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topics: Equitable Transit Oriented Development
The hyper-modern single-story blue building at the corner of 16th and Sawyer gives off vibes that are one part coffee shop, one part community space—just as envisioned by the Robles siblings, who run the lead firm on the project, the nonprofit Duo Development. The new building, named Starling—...
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topics: Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Technical Assistance
Public investment in local projects plus coaching and support proves a winning combination From the grand opening of a grocery cooperative in Rogers Park this July to a trade school and art hub project in Lawndale still on the drawing board, equitable transit-oriented development (ETOD) is...
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topics: Data Analysis, Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Housing, Policy, Transportation
The H+T® Affordability Index highlights location efficiency by using an “apples to apples” comparison of housing costs. What’s the Question? Users often ask why we use the median-income household in every block group in a metro area, pointing out that this misrepresents the actual costs for the...
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topics: Climate, Environmental Justice, Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Technical Assistance
We and our partners can help government agencies, nonprofits and community groups plan, apply for and implement new public infrastructure improvements.
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topics: Climate, Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Policy, Transportation
Introducing a series of blogs on CNT’s H+T Affordability Index – our most popular web tool. Nearly 20 years ago, CNT (Center for Neighborhood Technology) developed our Housing & Transportation, or H+T, Affordability Index. We theorized – and the data quickly proved -- that adding the two...
Strengthening Transit Through Community Partnerships
