What Being Pro-Housing Really Means
When it comes to many of the issues around fair and equitable housing, there is oftentimes a…
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Real Estate Development’s Impact on Black Communities
Last year, coUrbanize chose to honor Black History Month by focusing on four innovators…
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Tying Together Disjointed Communities with a Neighborhood Vision for Senior Living
Beacon Communities - Leefort Terrace, Salem, MA
As a resident of Salem and a neighbor of the Leefort Terrace public housing project for the last 16 years, Amy VanDoren has been waiting a long time...
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Engaging the Community and Gathering Feedback with Interactive Public Art
Silverstein Properties - Innovation QNS, Queens, NY
Growing up as a kid in Queens, then-budding artist Zeehan Wazed noticed at a young age that the visual arts weren’t represented in his community as they were in other boroughs...
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Celebrating our Seventh Year on the GovTech 100: Innovations in Civic Tech
coUrbanize was named to Government Technology’s GovTech 100 list for 2022. We’re honored to be included alongside innovative teams solving problems in state and local government for the seventh consecutive year. We’re honored to be included in this list for the seventh consecutive year, alongside innovative teams solving problems in state and local government.
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Growing 2021’s Investments in “Place”
As “the great migration” around the country, kicked off by the pandemic, continues, expect to see communities looking into new and creative ways to support stronger qualities of life and thriving local economies for existing residents and to attract new residents and businesses to their communities.
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Our Wish List for Community Engagement in 2022
Earlier this month we reviewed 2021, touching on highlights and milestones for coUrbanize. As evident from that post, it was certainly a transformative year for us as a company, but 2021 was also transformative for community engagement as a practice.
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coUrbanize in 2021: Our Year in Review
2021 has been our biggest year yet. This is reflected in our sales and number of projects on our platform – both annual records! – but most importantly, it was our best year because of the impact that our company and mission have had on the communities we serve.
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coUrbanize’s Picks for Giving Tuesday
After a few days of buying, today we shift to a spirit of thinking about giving to those in need and those organizations that are improving our communities. Yes, it’s Giving Tuesday.
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The Future of America’s Malls
With the holiday shopping season upon us, we thought it was a good time to share our perspective on one of the pillars of American retail consumerism: the mall.
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Q&A: John Kelsall, our New Director of Customer Success
We’re so excited to introduce you to John Kelsall, our new Director of Customer Success. Get to know him a little bit better in this Q&A.
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Our Wishlist for New Municipal Leaders
To our newly elected municipal leaders: we hope you’ll support the development of much-needed affordable housing and engage your community in planning efforts more broadly.
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Boston’s Mayoral Race: An Indicator for Housing and Zoning Policy in the U.S.?
It’s Election Day, and that means Boston’s closely-watched Mayoral Race will (or should!) come to its conclusion tonight. In the most diverse pool of mayoral candidates that Boston has ever seen, they all had one issue in common: housing and zoning innovation as a key pillar of their platforms.
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Long Live the Virtual Community Meeting
In many communities throughout the country, virtual meeting attendance has outnumbered pre-pandemic attendance for in-person meetings. The convenience of logging in (or dialing in), going on mute, and multi-tasking has made it far easier for people to participate.
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Community Outreach Beyond the Check Box
Our call to action for project teams is this - step back and really think about how you can be intentional with how you reach out to the community, when you do it, and how you actually plan to use the feedback you get from the process. The effort is worth the reward.
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Market Spotlight: NYC
We’re doing more work in the New York metro area than ever before, from ground-up mixed-use and new mixed-income housing projects to affordable housing revitalizations.
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It Takes a Village…to Drive Impact on Planning and Development
It takes engagement from an entire village - or town or city - to make a positive impact on development.
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Q&A: Kristen Veit, coUrbanize’s Director of Community Engagement Strategy
This week, we wanted to introduce you to Kristen Veit, our director of community engagement strategy. She joined coUrbanize in March 2020 - just a few days before the world shut down - and recently moved into a role focused on helping our customers improve how they’re engaging with the community.
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