Denise Fairchild
Denise Fairchild, Ph.D., is the inaugural president of Emerald Cities Collaborative, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that is a coalition of labor, business, and community-based organizations organized to accelerate the growth and distributive benefits of the emerging green economy.
“Inclusive Communities” Are Inadequate for the World’s Housing Crises
Housing problems are growing and are likely to worsen with pervasive income inequality and a U.S. population projected to grow by 80 million people by 2050. Yet, the solutions do not match the demand.
Doubling Down on Community Resilience
Last month here in Rooflines, I argued that place-based community development can make low-income neighborhoods more resilient to climate...
Skipping “Placed-Based” Work Leaves Cities Vulnerable to Climate Change
I remember it clearly. “The Myth of Community Development,” Nicholas Lemann’s 1994 New York Times Magazine article, cracked the...
Riots and Resilience in Baltimore and Beyond
I remember reciting the Langston Hughes poem Harlem (“What happens to a dream deferred?”) to my students in South...