Livable Places Update

“Never allow a good crisis to go to waste – it’s the opportunity to do the things you never thought possible and…

As local leaders across the world struggle to adapt to the economic and social constraints of our current reality, it’s a useful…

With traditional retail increasingly at-risk, cities need a vision for the role that their storefronts – and increasingly vacant ground floors –…

As the impacts of climate change – and their costs to communities – increase, the urgency to integrate resilience initiatives into our…

In the wake of the generally disappointing negotiations at the United Nations’ 25th annual Climate Change Conference, the importance of local and…

Earlier this month, more than 900 local, regional and state leaders gathered for the largest-ever California Economic Summit to advance a shared…

The most recent PG&E power shutoffs in Northern California have directly affected more than 2 million residents across 38 counties. Despite these…

On September 20, an estimated 4 million people took to the streets in one of the largest youth-led demonstrations in history as…

California’s housing shortage has reached a crisis of historic proportions.   Governor Newsom has called for the production of 3.5 million new housing…

Americans across the nation are driving more – and the results are increased pollution, growing congestion, longer commute times, rising infrastructure costs…