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2020 Seattle Ordinance 124747 Permitting Encampments for Unhoused Populations on Public Property

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Seattle City Council

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Economic Justice, Housing, Public Spaces

This ordinance permits transitional encampments for homeless individuals on all publicly owned property, and implements regulations regarding encampment management, community outreach, transit accessibility and more. It also outlines encampment permit requirements and allows permits...

THE CITY OF CHICAGO EQUITABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT (ETOD) POLICY PLAN

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source City of Chicago

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice, Health, Housing, Transportation & Mobility

This report identifies inequitable transit-oriented development (TOD) in Chicago, which has exacerbated racial and economic disparities, as a critical concern. To address this, the City can adopt the Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (ETOD) Policy Plan, designed to ensure that...

Lean, Energy-Efficient Buildings: Seven Principles

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source The Project For Lean Urbanism

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Energy, Community Development, Housing

The built environment accounts for approximately half the energy use and carbon footprint of the United States. Lean Buildings reduce energy flows by tapping basic natural heating and cooling techniques and renewable energy sources in ways that are region-specific and climate-sensitive....

Building Back Better Means Raising Wages for Public-Sector Workers

Type Article

Year 2022

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source Economic Policy Institute

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement

Local governments can use federal recovery funding to invest in their workforces and prevent employee turnover. This article examines public-sector employee wage data and finds that increasing wages for local government employees can mitigate gender and racial pay gaps. It highlights...

Asset Mapping Roadmap: A Guide to Assessing Regional Development Resources

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year -

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Illuminate

Policy Areas Community Development, Data & Technology

This guide was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Labor to help regions enhance their competitive position through asset mapping. The process involves three levels: Asset Identification, Basic Evaluation, and Comprehensive Assessment. It aims to identify and leverage regional...

Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges With Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source The Democracy Collaborative

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Community Development

Anchor institutions are nonprofit or public place-based entities, such as universities and hospitals, that are rooted in their local community by mission, invested capital, or relationships to customers, employees, residents and vendors. An increasing number of anchor institutions...

Roadmap to Equitable Community Transportation: Best Practices for Conducting Mobility Needs Assessments

Type Roadmap

Year 2024

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source The Greenlining Institute

Policy Areas Community Development, Transportation & Mobility

Clean and equitable transportation initiatives must address the gaps, barriers, and needs of underserved communities. This roadmap highlights community assessments as a tool to better include historically marginalized communities and provides best practices for equitable transportation....

An Overview: Community Schools

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2019

Level City or Town, Other Boards and Agencies, School District

State(s) All States

Source Local Progress

Policy Areas Community Development, Education

Community schools partner with service providers, health providers, after-school programs, youth centers, and other community organizations or providers to ensure holistic attention, education, and service provision for students. This report provides research-based strategies that...

Bozeman Affordable Housing Ordinance

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) Montana

Source City of Bozeman

Policy Areas Housing

This ordinance promotes the increased production of affordable housing to meet the needs of Bozeman residents. It commits a set percentage of dwellings to be offered at affordable rates, creates a system for previously annexed sites to apply for affordability incentives, and allows...

Lighting a SPARCC Under Equitable Transit-Oriented Development

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source SPARCC

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Housing, Public Safety, Health, Transportation & Mobility

This publication by SPARCC offers a definition of equitable Transit-Oriented Development (eTOD) and spotlights work underway in various US cities. Successful eTOD requires planning not just for transit but coordinating how this type of investment will advance larger community needs...

Racial Equity Framework for Transportation

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2023

Level City or Town

State(s) Minnesota

Source City of Minneapolis

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Transportation & Mobility

Minneapolis' Transportation Action Plan identified the need to create a Racial Equity Framework (REF) due to historic harms and current transportation-related inequities. This fact sheet highlights the Racial Equity Framework and its benefits such as planning, designing, and maintaining...

Quality of Life, Equality of Place

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Community Development, Housing, Public Spaces

This guide argues for the benefits of fair and affordable transit-oriented development (TOD) in Chicago's northern suburbs. It highlights the crucial role of rail transit in anchoring neighborhoods throughout Chicago and the lack of mixed-income transit-oriented housing development...

An Active Roadmap: Best Practices in Rural Mobility

Type Roadmap

Year 2023

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Smart Growth America

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

Multimodal transportation systems will increase access to jobs and economic opportunities in small towns and rural communities. This report assesses multimodal transportation and land use conditions in rural America to provide best practices for promoting growth. Strategies include...

Leaning Toward Live-Work Units

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County, Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States

Source The Project For Lean Urbanism

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Community Development, Housing

Strong economic, demographic and household trends reveal a tremendous pent-up demand to use homes for employment, pressuring the marketplace to accommodate all types of live-work units. Yet for the past half-century, live-work units have essentially been made illegal or discouraged...

Penny Wise, Pound Fuelish: New Measures of Housing and Transportation Authority

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility, Housing, Community Development

Traditional measures of housing affordability exclude transportation costs. Using their Housing + Transportation index, CNT finds that the number of communities considered affordable drops dramatically when the definition of affordability shifts from a focus on housing costs alone...

Equity Express Financial Education Workshops

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) All States, Illinois

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice

This brief outlines the Equity Express program, a financial education workshop program that teaches the basics of personal financial management with a special emphasis on expense reduction in energy, transportation, telecommunications, and food....

Community Gardens on Private Property as a By-Right or Permitted Use

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Sustainable Development Code

Policy Areas Community Development, Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources, Public Spaces

Local governments can facilitate community gardens by passing ordinances that classify them as permitted or by-right uses on private property. This memo explains how permitting community gardens on private land can promote healthy lifestyles, improve access to fresh produce, encourage...

Net Zero Energy Roadmap for the City of Burlington, Vermont

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) Vermont

Source City of Burlington, Vermont

Policy Areas Community Development, Energy, Transportation & Mobility

Pollution and energy inefficiency are exacerbating the global climate crisis, but cities can pass local policies to address these issues. The City of Burlington, Vermont launched the net-zero-energy program in 2018 to eliminate fossil fuel use by the ground transportation and heating...

COVID-19 Resource Guide and Actions for Huntsville

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) Alabama, All States

Source Sound Diplomacy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Community Development

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the art and music industry in Huntsville have been particularly hard hit. Loss of gigs, gallery showings, venue closures and recording studio shutdowns have resulted in significant financial strain on Huntsville artists. This document offers both local...

Equity & Smart Mobility

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County

State(s) Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Texas, Washington

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Transportation & Mobility, Community Development

This study examines equity and smart mobility in ten U.S. counties and their central cities to understand the extent that smart mobility services and assets are equitably available, and impact accessibility, employability, livability, and mobility. For this study, “equitable smart...

Prospering in Place

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level City or Town, County, Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) Illinois

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Community Development, Economic Justice

Connecting public transit to employment hubs is an important tool for improving transportation efficiency and local economic development. This report recommends Chicago invest in transit-oriented development (TOD) and cargo-oriented development COD). It also outlines how affordable...

I Dream Detroit: The Voice and Vision of Women of Color on Detroit's Future

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level State

State(s) Michigan

Source Institute for Policy Studies

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Community Development

Rarely do we hear authentic stories about the instrumental roles that women of color play in the revival of Detroit. In Detroit, African American, Asian, Arab and Hispanic women are more than 47 percent of the city's total population. Not surprisingly, there are many women of color...

Rx for a Prosperous Region: Reconnecting Transit Deserts Improves a Region's Vitality

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2015

Level County

State(s) Illinois

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Community Development

This report outlines the needs and future benefits of connecting more Cook County residents to jobs and amenities to which they have limited access through the current hub-and-spoke transit system....

Zero Waste in Action: Community Case Study #3

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) Colorado

Source Eco-Cycle Solutions Hub

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development

In 2006, Boulder’s City Council passed a Zero Waste ordinance and committed to a waste diversion rate of 85% by 2025. Upon adopting curbside recycling and composting programs, in 2014, the city of Boulder saw a significant increase in the amount of waste diverted from landfills. Despite...

Low-Fat Vanilla Finance: A Simple Financial Model

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States

Source The Project For Lean Urbanism

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Community Development

New developers should create their own financial models. Only by doing so will they truly understand the variables and how each affects financial performance. This paper attempts to walk new developers through a financial model that includes development budget, annual return, and...

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