Work From Home (or “WFH”) has upended traditional notions of both how work gets done, as well as how homes and units are planned. Everything we thought we knew is being upended – or is it?

Please join us for a lively panel discussion from an esteemed group of diverse experts right in the thick of this transition. Come hear what companies in various industries are doing right now to bring people back together to the office. In addition, what are residential developers doing to re-plan their projects and pro-formas to make hybrid-WFH or full-WFH possible for more people? What is the market actually asking for with these two sectors?

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Is your city's park and greenspace strategy helping everyone thrive?

Equitable development means making sure that everyone’s needs - especially those in underserved communities - are met as our cities change and transform over time. As cities find new ways of reducing disparities and creating strong, livable communities, it’s essential that parks and greenspaces are prioritized as part of the solution.

Parks and greenspaces can help address some of the most urgent challenges of today and tomorrow. They link neighbors to each other, provide space for leisure and exercise, and create shade and protection from weather events. They offer powerful opportunities to build healthy and connected neighborhoods, and places that people want to live, work, and play. However, with 100 million people lacking access to close-to-home parks, these benefits are not equitably available. And unless action is taken today, these inequities will continue to grow.

Come join us for an engaging discussion on how city leaders can plan for parks and greenspace projects that benefit all residents, especially those who are most impacted by economic burdens, health issues, and social disparities. During this 10-Minute Walk Mayors Roundtable, you’ll hear from city leaders who are using innovative policies and practices that leverage parks as a tool for equitable development. They’re helping to tackle systemic community problems like poverty, environmental justice, and health equity through their park and greenspace projects.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how your city can create a more inclusive and thriving community through its park and greenspace strategy!

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The Anti-Racist Community Development research project has documented the range of ways that structural racism shows up in community development and the many ways that people are trying to move anti-racist work forward in the sector. Before communities can fully reckon with our past and present and envision a better future, though, we think it’s important to step back and look at some of the fundamental mindsets that shape the sector. The stories we tell about ourselves and about others contribute a lot to how we show up – in our priorities, the ways we spend our limited time and money, our practices, our processes, and our systems.

In “The Stories We Tell Ourselves,” our panel will explore long-standing, hardwired narratives that show up in the community development sector and keep us from doing the racial equity work that so many of us are trying to do. We’ll also look at specific, practical ways that you can creatively push back against those narratives, at the neighborhood level, the city level, or even nationally.

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Join Next City on August 3 as we discuss how economic development can play a key role in racial equity and promoting economic well-being for communities of color.

The International Economic Development Council’s (IEDC) Equitable Economic Development Playbook offers concrete steps and recommendations on how economic development can play a key role in racial equity and promoting economic well-being for communities of color. To help detail the actionable steps within the playbook, Gregory Johnson, Managing Director of U.S. Equity and Economic Opportunity at The Rockefeller Foundation, will have a candid discussion with IEDC’s Vice President of Knowledge Management and Development, Frankie Clogston, Ph.D., about centering equity in economic development practices and leveraging incentives and tools to build inclusive local economies.

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