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A Better Way to Plan School Facilities

Schools could be kept open despite falling enrollment if planners took a wider view of communities.

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A two-story brick school building on a sunny day, seen from across the entrance to the parking lot. Sign in front says "Frederick Elementary School/2501 Frederick Avenue." There are no people in the photo.
Practitioner Voice

Rebuilding Together: How One Baltimore Program Advanced Both Education and Community Development

When Baltimore got funding for a round of school renovations, the state directed it to design schools that would also advance neighborhood revitalization—and it learned some lessons about why that’s not always so simple.

Community Development Field

Lessons to Guide Future Equitable Development Planning

How did recent equitable development projects in Baton Rouge, Dallas, and South Florida fare?

Arts & Culture

Arts for Community Control: Planning an Arts and Innovation District Without Displacement

Jason Moreno first learned about redevelopment efforts taking place in his Boston neighborhood on a sunny summer afternoon in July 2018 at his local outdoor basketball court. Dudley Street Neighborhood […]

Neighborhood Change

Seattle Neighborhood Planning

At first glance, the Neighborhood Planning Program in Seattle, Washington, sounds like a remarkably progressive idea. Begun in 1995, the program is one of many across the country that have […]