• Signature park project bridges community divide

    The deliberative engagement process used by the 11th Street Bridge Park in Washington, D.C. shows how community revitalization can benefit existing residents.
    Successful equitable development takes work but there are steps and actions organizations can take to ensure local communities are truly involved. The 11th Street Bridge Park in Washington, D.C. will break ground later this year, but it is the long-term community engagement work that illustrates...Read more
  • Legacy Projects proposed for Oklahoma

    CNU is seeking design teams to lead historically and culturally significant projects in Oklahoma City and Tulsa in advance of CNU 30.
    CNU launched the Legacy Projects in 2015, and the program has achieved high rate of implementation and impact over the last six years. Legacy Projects create urban design plans for diverse neighborhoods in cities, towns, and suburbs through a collaborative process with community members. Legacy...Read more
  • Former psychiatric hospital now affordable housing

    The redevelopment of the former St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington DC combines historic preservation with affordable housing and opens a large campus to the public realm.
    The redevelopment of the historic 180-acre campus of St. Elizabeths Hospital, a mental health facility that closed in the 1980s, gives a long-awaited boost to the Congress Heights neighborhood in southeast Washington DC. I wrote about this plan in 2017, when it was an appealing vision. Now it’s an...Read more
  • New urban revitalization in an underserved community

    The Atlanta neighborhood of Pittsburgh was the subject of foundation investment to develop in an equitable way.
    The Annie E. Casey Foundation recently reported on progress in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Atlanta, where the foundation funded a new urbanist Preservation of Pittsburgh plan in 2012. The name of the neighborhood has roots in its smoky, industrial character during the first half of the 20 th...Read more