Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) is proven to help places become more resilient in the face of increasingly intense climate change impacts, while addressing other community priorities such as improved public health outcomes, increased economic development, and safe transportation infrastructure. CNT’s...Read more
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Topic: Sustainable Economic Development
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topics: Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Sustainable Economic Development, Urban Flooding, Water
Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) is proven to help places become more resilient in the face of increasingly intense climate change impacts, while addressing other community priorities such as improved public health outcomes, increased economic development, and safe transportation...
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topics: Climate, Data Analysis, Environmental Justice, Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Housing, Policy, Sustainable Economic Development, Transportation
The Urban Opportunity Agenda website offers ideas and metrics for simultaneously combatting poverty and promoting urban sustainability.
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topics: Cargo-Oriented Development, Sustainable Economic Development
Established urban industrial districts in the Twin Cities have a mixture of thriving businesses and vacant properties. Some of these vacant or underutilized properties have been overlooked by industrial developers in favor of greenfield sites due to challenges related to land acquisition and...
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topics: Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Sustainable Economic Development, Transportation
Transportation is central to quality of life and well-being, linking people to employment, goods and services, health care, education, social activities, recreation, and cultural activities. However, access to transportation options in the U.S. is not always equitable, leaving many communities of...
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topics: Data Analysis, Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Policy, Sustainable Economic Development, Transportation
Download PDFs from the Elevated Chicago EcoDistrict Feasibility Scan
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topics: Energy, Sustainable Economic Development
Equity Express Financial Education Workshops give participants the information and support they need to decrease household expenses, increase savings and reduce environmental impacts. They respond to two major crises of our time- economic and ecological- by increasing the wealth of asset-poor...
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topics: Climate, Energy, Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Sustainable Economic Development
This paper presents CNT’s recent research on a range of innovations for Industrial EcoDistricts in the areas of energy, water, transportation, and waste. Our work looks at district-scale interventions through the lenses of: What is it?, Why do it?, and What does it cost? with practical, real world...
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topics: Climate, Energy, Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Sustainable Economic Development
With the recent uptick in manufacturing around the United States, the importance of food manufacturing to local economies has come into focus for its roles in creating jobs and building on the local culinary and cultural assets of a community. With this focus has arrived an interest in supporting...
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topics: Climate, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Sustainable Economic Development, Urban Flooding, Water
The RainReady Calumet Corridor Plan represents the collective vision of over 2,100 residents, business owners, and municipal staff, elected representatives, regional leaders, and non-governmental organizations that all share interest in strengthening the homes, neighborhoods, communities throughout...
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topics: Climate, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Sustainable Economic Development, Urban Flooding, Water
The RainReady Calumet Corridor Plan represents the collective vision of over 2,100 residents, business owners, and municipal staff, elected representatives, regional leaders, and non-governmental organizations that all share interest in strengthening the homes, neighborhoods, communities throughout...