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Mayor LaToya Cantrell has signed a five-year agreement with the Save Our Soul Coalition to support the redevelopment of Louis Armstrong Park and the Municipal Auditorium, alongside issuing an Executive Order to form a nine-member advisory committee to guide the revitalization process. This initiative aims to preserve the park's historic significance, create a world-class cultural complex and develop a strategy with community input to ensure the long-term sustainability of the site. #BizNewOrleans https://lnkd.in/gTUdBiCv

Check out this interesting read about the history and contributions of Native Hawaiians in the Pacific Northwest by my amazing colleague Marta Olmos

Mark Zettl highlights the transformative power of mixed-use developments in his latest Forbes article: https://co.jll/4a7zfCv Innovative developments like Agave Holdings, LLC's The Plaza Coral Gables in South Florida are reshaping our urban landscapes, creating vibrant communities where work, life and leisure converge seamlessly. Read on to learn more about the growing demand for integrated urban spaces across the U.S., setting a new standard for the future of real estate and community development.

How equitable are your city’s parks? Find out by using Trust for Public Land’s new tool, which rates cities’ greenspace on accessibility, amenities, and more: https://lnkd.in/efMgft2 

In our efforts to create sustainable and healthy urban environments, we often overlook a fundamental aspect of city life: movement. A recent conversation with Eve Holt, the Strategic Director for GM Moving in Greater Manchester, offered valuable insights into redesigning our cities for active living. This blog post explores how a whole-system approach can transform urban spaces, promote community health and address climate change – all by putting movement at the heart of city planning. It challenges us to rethink our approach to sustainable transport, urban design and community engagement. Whether you're an urban planner, policy maker or simply interested in more liveable cities, our conversation offers perspectives on shaping the future of our urban landscapes. I hope you enjoy!

"One key takeaway was the importance of designing not just for coexistence but for connection. It’s not enough for generations to live side by side, the spaces we create must actively encourage interaction...." Continue reading insights from our recent #HAPPIHour webinar on Living Intergenerationally below⬇️

I cannot recommend this film from The King's Foundation and collaborators enough https://lnkd.in/e3P8pp97. If you care about sustainable transport and/or sustainable development, give it 7 mins to watch. Like the places in it, I think it will pay you back. There is another way... It opens with the startling fact that in 1980 57% of homes in this country were built by small to medium house builders; in 2020 that figure was 10%. It has well-observed truths such as how it is easy to build a house, but harder to build a community. It understands that car dependency, once locked in, is so very hard to reverse and has such wide-ranging negative consequences. That everyone has the right to a high quality environment. That mixed use and mixed tenure work, single zoning does not. That the power of walkability, cyclability is very wide-ranging. That you shouldn't take out more than you put in. That this overall approach makes commercial sense. Best of all it is made by a bunch of landowners/developers! We see the negative impacts for shared transport of getting developments wrong all the time; sometimes we get to see the positive impacts of getting developments right shine through. Our report has thoughts on this: https://lnkd.in/eua66mrR Our response to the recent National Planning Policy Framework consultation from Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government made clear our disappointment that the draft does not set very clear direction on how spatial planning must surely be used as a positive tool to help transport emissions reduce, bringing as that does an enormous package of co-benefits. Thank you Anthony Downs for posting this, thought-provoking as always.

How the Hamilton2030 Commonwealth Games bid inspired Community Regeneration. Things are quiet now. Everything is in transition. Doubts and questions remain, about, well, everything. But something notable happened today in the City Of Hamilton. The start of something significant. While the dream of bringing the 2030 Commonwealth Games home for its centenary may be in abeyance, the vision of a movement of community stakeholders united around the goal of transformation and regeneration remains. And has witnessed new life today in the launch of an initiative inspired by the Commonwealth Sporting movement. Not surprisingly, it is called: "The Commons". The Commons is an initiative of local stakeholders redeveloping the city's key entertainment assets - those that would be central to any Commonwealth Games - and leveraging the effort to promote regeneration and revitalization throughout the community. The themes, values and ambitions of the Gaming movement have now manifest in the private sector's resolve to bring change directly and immediately to this city through infrastructure and compelling new programming - at its expense. This is what the Games movement can and has inspired. Whether or not the Games ever come back here. That flame burns brightly in all of us. And will not extinguish. Whether you are from Hamilton or not, we invite you to keep the Games dream alive by engaging and following the Commons initiative at the link below. Commonwealth Sport Commonwealth Sport Canada https://lnkd.in/gQP8Wp_h

𝙀𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙧𝙗𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙗𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 🏠 By focusing on outcomes, we can create environments that adapt over time, fostering community, well-being, and sustainability 🌱 What are your thoughts on setting ambitious, future-focused goals for urban projects, and how do we ensure these visions become a reality?