Kentucky town revives economy by turning coal mining infrastructure into race course
Stearns, Kentucky is a former coal-mining community that–like so many in Eastern Kentucky—fell on some very hard economic times when local coal mine shut…
Issue #74: May 1, 2018
40 non-profits win $500,000 each from Citi Foundation for creating community progress
Building Bridges Across the River (BBAR) is the 501-c-3 nonprofit organization that built and now runs THEARC and THEARC Theater. Their mission is to…
REPORT: Floodplain Acquisitions for Habitat Restoration, Community Benefits & Resilience
In December of 2017, the Environmental Law Institute and the University of North Carolina Institute for the Environment published Prioritizing Future Floodplain Acquisitions: Maximizing…
REPORT: Community, Equity, and Placemaking with Green Infrastructure
On April 26, 2018, the Green Infrastructure Foundation (GIF) announced the release of the report Community, Equity, and Placemaking with Green Infrastructure in Seattle:…
In Milano, Italy, a LEED-Platinum tower will mark Europe’s largest car-free urban area
In Milano, Italy, the 250-acre former fairgrounds of the Italian Expo are being redeveloped into a $3.2 billion mixed-use project called CityLife Milano. It’s…