• Affordable housing through philanthropy

    Transit-oriented project provides housing for public employees next to public housing in buildings inspired by the District's successful vernacular patterns.
    On the East bank of the Anacostia River, just a few miles from the US Capitol, Pollin Memorial brings a historically sensitive approach to affordable development in Washington, DC. Serving one of the country’s most challenged urban neighborhoods, the project has provided 83 for-sale townhouses to...Read more

  • Revitalization rooted in place

    Plan Westside in Atlanta looks at revitalization of a city sector that has declined economically and socially from its civil rights heyday.
    The City of Atlanta council recently adopted a far-reaching plan for revitalization of Westside Atlanta, a city sector that is was the cradle of the civil rights movement. Five Historic Black Schools and Universities have their campuses in the Westside, which was home to Martin Luther King Jr.,...Read more

  • For Grand Rapids, a ‘people first’ development policy

    The issue has changed from whether the city will grow to how and for whom the development is taking place.
    After a declining first decade of this millennium, Grand Rapids, Michigan, has turned the corner on population growth and development. The city has grown by 4.5 percent this decade, compared to a 4.9 percent loss in the 2000s. The city of nearly 200,000 residents has seen $2 billion in development...Read more

  • Seeking equitable redevelopment in southeast DC

    The rapid change in the District has fueled concerns that investment will leave existing residents high and dry, so the city is working with the community toward a better result.
    The closure of St. Elizabeths, a federal mental hospital in southeast Washington DC, left a gaping hole in the urban fabric in the 1980s. For three decades the hole remained. Public confidence frayed as residents of nearby Congress Heights watched promises of redevelopment fall flat for a number of...Read more