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Minnesota conservation leader named Kingsbury Browne Fellow

October 29, 2016
David Hartwell, an environmental leader who has helped mobilize billions of dollars for conservation projects across Minnesota, has been named the new Kingsbury Browne Fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, and the winner of the Kingsbury Browne Conservation Leadership Award from the Land...Read more »

Sharing fiscal data for cities worldwide

October 26, 2016
City leaders need to be able to compare their own finances with other cities to maintain municipal fiscal health, said Lourdes Germán, director of International and Institute-Wide Initiatives, at Meeting of the Minds in Richmond, California this week.Read more »

Land Policy Dominates Habitat III Agenda

October 21, 2016
Land policy was at center stage at Habitat III in the high-altitude Ecuadorean capital of Quito all week, as the New Urban Agenda was formally adopted on the last day of the United Nations global cities summit.Read more »

Lincoln Institute engages in Habitat III Conference to Promote Sustainable Cities

October 12, 2016
Quito, Ecuador
For billions of people worldwide, quality of life will depend on the way cities grow in the coming decades. The Lincoln Institute will play an active role the historic United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) from October 17-20 in Quito, Ecuador, where...Read more »

White House urges cities, states to tackle housing crisis

October 5, 2016
Apartment buildings in New York City
The White House is calling on cities and states to enact a series of reforms, from revising outdated zoning laws to requiring the inclusion of lower-cost homes in new residential development, to address the housing affordability crisis.Read more »

Why Money Alone Can’t Always Help Underserved Communities

September 26, 2016
Whether the goal is economic development, affordable housing, environmental sustainability, or healthier places, investing meaningfully in communities requires a mix of public, philanthropic, and for-profit investment. But many communities lack the environment and the institutions that can help...Read more »

Tackling TIFs

September 26, 2016
Photo of Tampa Convention Center
For years, communities have faced a basic question about tax increment finance, better known as TIF: do they stimulate economic development, or merely capture revenue from growth that is already occurring? A Lincoln Institute delegation at last month’s annual conference of the International...Read more »

The Case for Managed Retreat from Flood Zones

September 21, 2016
A New Jersey house partially destroyed by Hurricane Sandy
In the face of rising sea levels, more frequent and severe storms, and other climate change risks, flood-prone communities need to give greater consideration to strategic retreat through buyouts, a policy tool for removing residential development from the most vulnerable areas.Read more »

Key test for Habitat III: what happens after Quito

September 7, 2016
Representatives from nearly 200 nations, as well as an array of non-governmental organizations and foundations including the Lincoln Institute, are gearing up for Habitat III in Quito, Ecuador next month. Important steps will be taken there, including the adoption of the New Urban Agenda, a global...Read more »

The untold fiscal story of this year's convention cities

July 29, 2016
Cleveland, Ohio
The party's over, but for both Cleveland and Philadelphia, site of the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee conventions respectively, the day-to-day struggle to maintain municipal fiscal health remains. An analysis of the Lincoln Institute’s Fiscally...Read more »

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