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Boston's Commitment to Equity

ENR Construction

In the historic Boston neighborhood of Nubian Square, a wellspring of revitalization is replacing blighted areas with innovative community developments that seek to clean up the environment and provide affordable housing. .

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6 guideposts for cities to create equitable transit-oriented developments

BD+C

As existing residents move further away from economic centers to afford goods, services, and housing, the revitalized neighborhood takes on a new identity. However, there is a purposeful shift under way toward a concept that prioritizes equity at every step of the process to enable inclusive communities around transit stops.

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Interface Inequity - Modify Size

Revit OpEd

Revit MEP features Duct, Pipe, Conduit and Cable Tray all have a dialog that permits us to edit their information, chief among them is their sizes. I wish it was as easy to add this sort of functionality into Revit as it was to copy and paste the modify button into these images!! I vote for component size equity!!

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Converting downtown office into multifamily residential: Let’s stop and think about this

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Does the idea of repurposing a massive amount of professional and business office space fly in the face of everything the country, and specifically Los Angeles, has been trying to achieve with downtown revitalization over the last 25 years? He has over 25 years of industry experience and joined Nadel in 2008.

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Three interconnected solutions for 'saving' urban centers

BD+C

Three interconnected solutions for 'saving' urban centers 0 qpurcell Thu, 03/16/2023 - 10:33 Urban Planning Gensler Co-CEO Andy Cohen explores how the global pandemic affected city life, and gives three solutions for revitalizing these urban centers. They might be right.

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3 Takeaways from Living Future 2021

Stok

Once again, Living Future 2021 convened a brilliant group of thought leaders and practitioners to discuss the intersection of climate, health, and equity in the built environment. The Hazelwood Community Land Trust is putting this concept to action and is pursuing Living Building Challenge Core certification.

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$25 Million Pledged for Economic Development Partnership in Flint, Michigan Amid Water Crisis

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

FlintNOW was launched in January by Tom Gores, chair and CEO of Platinum Equity and owner of the Detroit Pistons, to support immediate relief for victims of the water crisis as well as longer-term revitalization of the region’s economy.