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Around the world, utilities are taking a more sustainable approach to managing vegetation and habitat below and alongside power lines.Read more »
Kevyn Orr, a legal expert who oversaw the largest and most complicated municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history as emergency manager for the city of Detroit, has joined the board of directors of the Lincoln Institute.Read more »
As planners focus more on equity and inclusive economies, the pressure is on to conduct meaningful civic engagement in the communities most impacted by change.Read more »
The Great Recession hit hard in Arizona and led to a substantial fall in state tax revenues. Unlike some other states, the state was unwilling to enact countercyclical tax policies to offset the decline in the state tax base.Read more »
Despite a drop in numbers across much of the United States since the recession, vacant and abandoned properties continue to dog struggling postindustrial cities, tearing apart neighborhoods with growing intensity, according to a new Lincoln Institute report.Read more »
Nearly 45 leading writers and editors came to Cambridge last month to consider the central role of land in addressing an array of socio-economic and environmental challenges at the 2018 Lincoln Institute Journalists Forum.Read more »
In partnership with the Lincoln Institute, Greater Ohio Policy Center released an online toolkit with resources for practitioners working to revitalize smaller legacy cities. Read more »
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy will lead the conversation on land value capture, equitable investment, water sustainability, and planning for an uncertain future among many other topics at the American Planning Association’s National Planning Conference in New Orleans April 21-24, 2018.Read more »
In Los Angeles, a new owner of a median-valued home pays about $7,000 per year in property taxes – nearly double the $4,000 paid by someone who has owned an identical home for 14 years, the average length of homeownership in the city, according to the annual 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study...Read more »
In the global project to reduce climate change, cleaner power plants, cars, and buildings receive much attention, and rightly so. But another, often-overlooked strategy holds great promise for reducing greenhouse gas pollution — land conservation.Read more »
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