Another reason cities should invest in quality public spaces that connect people with nature: “Spending time outdoors, especially…
“It suggests that something as simple as better city planning could have profound impacts on the mental health…
Environmental sustainability through the civic commons: The New York Times photographers set out to explore three cities that…
Detroit is now reimagining neighborhood commercial corridors across the city with plazas, greenways and shared streets taking center…
Connecting people to nature is one of the nine principles of Reimagining the Civic Commons. This Van Alen…
“Many of these new or revitalized parks focus on social integration, public health, biodiversity, and climate resilience, resulting…
On September 12 – 14, 2018 the Civic Commons Learning Network and the Detroit Civic Commons team hosted…
New research by the American Heart Association finds that people who live in neighborhoods with more green space…
Fast Company recognizes that quality of public spaces matters as much as quantity. “But access to green space…
“We started with the belief that we manage this organization with and for the people of Memphis to…