The Just City Index
From the Just City Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the Just City Index is a framework of 50 values to help communities define what justice means for them.
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Community Development Jargon Cards
This card deck is designed to help community members understand the language and activities of development practitioners and urban planners, providing definitions for housing, development, urban design, and other terminologies that are frequently used in community meetings.
Transform Your Practice Community Engagement Card Deck
This card deck offers practitioners new ideas for achieving meaningful community engagement, dispelling common misconceptions that often interfere with the process.
11th Street Bridge Park’s Equitable Development Plan
“A key goal of the Bridge Park is to serve as an anchor for equitable and inclusive economic growth. The Bridge Park’s design strategies will increase connectivity between those living on both sides of the Anacostia River, but more must be done to ensure that residents and small businesses nearby will continually benefit from the success of this signature new civic space. To achieve this goal, the Bridge Park staff worked with community stakeholders to create an Equitable Development Plan in 2015, that was updated 2018… The goal of the Bridge Park’s Equitable Development Plan is to ensure that the park is a driver of inclusive development—development that provides opportunities for all residents regardless of income and demography. By following a community-driven-vetted process, it is our hope that other cities can look to the Bridge Park as a prime example of how the public and private sectors can invest in and create world-class public space in an equitable manner.”
Community First Toolkit
“This toolkit is designed to help park organizations address inequities caused by infrastructural racism, and shape public spaces that bring social, environmental, and economic benefits to our communities. Community engagement is the foundation of all the tools, and together, they offer a flexible process for ensuring that public spaces and open space projects benefit the residents and businesses they serve and avoid displacing them.”
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