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The Complete Guide for Digital Community Engagement
We talk a lot about digital community engagement for planning and development projects, but how do you actually tackle community engagement online?
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Community Engagement Doesn’t Stop When Construction Starts
Thoughtful planners and developers understand the importance of inclusive community engagement. Yet, community engagement during the construction phase is often overlooked.
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Get to Know coUrbanize
With traditional in-person meetings on hold for the foreseeable future, more municipalities and development teams are moving engagement completely online or adding a digital component to their outreach methods. We wanted to share more about who we are and how your team can use the coUrbanize platform for online community engagement.
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coUrbanize Launches Private Feedback and Project Landing Pages
coUrbanize Launches Private Feedback and Project Landing Pages Updated Features to Bring More Voices and Greater Flexibility to…
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How AECOM partnered with the City to create its first Sustainability Action Agenda with an inclusive, equitable engagement strategy on coUrbanize
Reaching historically underrepresented communities The City of Detroit’s Oce of Sustainability was established in 2017 to facilitate healthy, green, vibrant,…
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Changing the way construction happens on city streets
Managing disruptive construction in the most innovative neighborhood on Earth Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts is undergoing a 7 to…
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How Beacon Communities Strengthened Communication and Built Trust Online
Strengthening communication to encourage community support When Beacon Communities proposed a mixed-use development in Amherst, MA, they knew that building…
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Creating a master plan for a diverse community in just 10 months
The challenge: 37 neighborhoods. 4 languages. 10 months. For Glendale, the traditional approach wouldn’t cut it. Master plans require a…
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How a leading affordable housing developer used coUrbanize to build community support
The challenge: Building Support for Affordable Housing for At-Risk Seniors Few states have a stronger need for affordable housing than…
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How the City created its first Sustainability Action Agenda with an inclusive, equitable engagement strategy
The challenge: Reaching historically underrepresented communities The City of Detroit’s Oce of Sustainability was established in 2017 to facilitate healthy,…
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To speed through approvals, Boston Properties went digital
An innovative approach to development for an innovative neighborhood In recent years, no developer has rezoned a large-scale area in…
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How the City created a TOD plan through 18 months of community engagement
Background Manchester is New Hampshire’s largest city, just 51 miles north of Boston, with a population of ~113,000. The opportunity…
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coUrbanize Launches New Offerings to Help Developers and Planners Reach Underrepresented Populations
coUrbanize Launches New Offerings to Help Developers and Planners Reach Underrepresented Populations New Features and Services Will Ensure…
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Placemaking in the Age of COVID-19
The pandemic offers us a unique opportunity to repurpose our streets and open spaces – rethinking how we can make our neighborhoods healthier, resilient, and more sustainable.
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Tactical Urbanism: Reimagining Our Neighborhoods post Covid-19
While governments have scrambled to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, citizens and small businesses have demonstrated both resilience and creativity in adapting outdoor and underutilized spaces to fit their new lifestyles.
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On Observing Juneteenth
Although it’s been over 400 years since the first enslaved Africans arrived on present-day U.S. soil, we have yet to truly confront this legacy - something that’s imperative to understanding how and why systemic racism has come to take its current form in our country.
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The Upside of Real Estate Development
In early March of this year - shortly before the COVID19 pandemic upended our daily lives - our team launched a national survey of 1,000+ people to better understand how they feel about real estate development in their neighborhoods.
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coUrbanize Survey Reveals Real Estate Development Is More Welcomed in Neighborhoods than Many Might Believe
coUrbanize Survey Reveals Real Estate Development Is More Welcomed in Neighborhoods than Many Might Believe Nearly Half of…
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