How parks, libraries and trails quietly lower your household costs

After a decade of transforming public spaces, we are building trust and connection between Americans.

Could the key to bridging societal divides be found inside your local karaoke bar?

Authors Leslie Carlson and Joe Cortright write that the frog is a symbol of resistance. It may also be a symbol of a city reborn.

On this special holiday, strangers open their doors, kids roam the streets after dark and neighbors actually talk. Why only once a year?

When it comes to public spaces, a small space doesn’t have to mean small thinking.

Big foundations behind a multicity project are trying to measure the intangibles of community building. In one Akron, Ohio, neighborhood, the numbers are adding up to something good.

Big foundations behind a multicity project are trying to measure the intangibles of community building. In one Akron, Ohio, neighborhood, the numbers are adding up to something good.

We Walk PHL has logged over 3,000 walks in 28 city locations in eight years. It’s reshaping how Philadelphians feel and appreciate their parks

Live6 Alliance joins 22 other Michigan communities taking a strategic approach to revitalizing their downtowns and commercial districts

6 cities are showing how imaginative use of public and nontraditional spaces can bring people together and grow community.

The way people behave in public space is changing. A researcher has ideas about why — and how we can make cities more equitable and…

The way people behave in public space is changing. A researcher has ideas about why — and how we can make cities more equitable and…

San Francisco's night markets evolve with a new pop-up town square in Cole Valley — more than 500 plants, seating and a fresh take on public space activation.

Neighborhood revitalization effort will bring lakefront leisure activities to long-overlooked Akron neighborhood.

Why creating opportunities for in-person teen interaction is so critical

The first link in the chain connecting the Schuylkill River Trail to Bartram's Garden is a cable-stayed bridge in Grays Ferry that will open around the end of spring.

How are your efforts to improve or sustain civic infrastructure being impacted by federal funding freezes?

Bridget Marquis joined the Talking Headways podcast to chat with host Jeff Wood about connecting public assets, the...

3 questions with Dr. Daniel Aldrich on resilient communities and the importance of spaces that connect us

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

Alexa Bush recently took over as the city's new planning director.

Highway widening projects usually don’t solve congestion, but less expensive toll programs known as congestion pricing can. Here’s why

Norms recognized for decades in Washington by both parties no longer appear to apply to the Trump White House, former prosecutors and ethics lawyers say.

5 insights from Philadelphia on how civic space strengthens democracy, trust and community

The Reimagining the Civic Commons model requires practice change. Download this infographic on the Reimagining the Civic Commons model.

Snapshots from 10 civic commons efforts across the country