Greening on the Ground: Community-Driven Strategies for Achieving Climate Resilience and Equity
Smaller legacy cities have fewer resources to mitigate and adapt to the more intense and frequent heat waves and flooding caused by climate change than their larger or more prosperous counterparts. Beyond broader citywide policies and plans, local officials and nonprofit leaders must forge new partnerships to develop innovative greening programs at the community and neighborhood level. Groundwork USA’s Climate Safe Neighborhoods Partnership offers smaller legacy cities an effective model for making neighborhoods greener, thus rendering them both more equitable and climate resilient. Join us to hear how Groundwork’s community-driven greening strategies in Elizabeth, New Jersey; Pawtucket, Rhode Island; Cincinnati, Ohio, and 10 other cities can help catalyze systemic change, strengthen civic infrastructure, and advance equitable neighborhood regeneration in these capacity-challenged communities.
Moderator: Joe Schilling
Presenters: Cate Mingoya, John Evangelista
This event is being presented in partnership with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy as part of a larger series about sustainability and equity in smaller legacy cities. To sign up for Lincoln Institute’s newsletter, click here.
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