The Urban Opportunity Agenda gives civic leaders tools to choose investments that reduce poverty, create economic opportunity, and build stronger cities.
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Projects
We are engaged by governments, advocates, policy makers, and community groups to apply our expertise to solving problems.
Urban Flooding Baseline Project
Center for Neighborhood Technology is developing a visualized map of flooding indicators and urban flooding locations in the Calumet region of Cook County.
RainReady
Our RainReady initiative helps individuals, businesses and communities find solutions to the problem of inland flooding.
RainReady Calumet Corridor
The Center for Neighborhood Technology is partnering with Greenprint Partners and Cook County to implement green infrastructure projects in six RainReady communities in the Calumet Corridor: Blue Island, Calumet City, Calumet Park, Dolton, Riverdale, and Robbins.
RainReady Wilmette
The Village of Wilmette is partnering with the Center for Neighborhood Technology on a grant program to help Wilmette residents better manage rain at home.
RainReady Oak Park
The Village of Oak Park is partnering with the Center for Neighborhood Technology on a grant program to help Oak Park residents better manage rain at home.
RainReady Avalon Park
RainReady is working with the communities of Avalon Park to better understand the impact of heavy rain on the communities in order to reduce or eliminate flooding.
Equity Express
Equity Express is designed to help low-income households learn how to save money by going green.
Green Infrastructure Valuation in Lancaster
Green infrastructure is a network of decentralized stormwater management practices, such as green roofs, trees, rain gardens and permeable pavement, that can capture and infiltrate rain where it falls, reducing stormwater runoff and improving the health of surrounding waterways.
Green Infrastructure Portfolio Standard
By managing stormwater on-site with plants, trees, and grasses, green infrastructure provides a suite of cost-effective ecological and quality of life benefits not associated with conventional stormwater infrastructure.
EcoDistricts
EcoDistricts are the cutting edge of sustainability solutions that use a district scale to achieve greater impact. They link energy, transportation, water, and land use in an integrated, efficient resource system.