An article on Governing aims to spread the word about the Greenprint Resource Hub.
Elizabeth Daigneau shares details and insight into the Greenprint Resource Hub, defining a greenprint as "a strategic conservation plan that reveals the economic and social benefits that parks, open spaces and working lands provide communities."
Greenprints enable better planning of parks and open space by "[brining] the benefits and values of a landscape into planning processes," according to Daigneau.
Planetizen reported that Nature Conservancy, the Trust for Public Land and the Conservation Fund released the Greenprint Resource Hub in July 2017.
FULL STORY: Planning a Park? Use a ‘Greenprint.’
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New research highlights some of the ways planners can increase the social benefits and public acceptance of green stormwater infrastructure.
Five Key Data Sources for Park Planning
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In More Metros Than You’d Think, Suburbs are Now More Expensive Than the City
If you're moving to the burbs to save on square footage, data shows you should think again.
The States Losing Rural Delivery Rooms at an Alarming Pace
In some states, as few as 9% of rural hospitals still deliver babies. As a result, rising pre-term births, no adequate pre-term care and "harrowing" close calls are a growing reality.
The Small South Asian Republic Going all in on EVs
Thanks to one simple policy change less than five years ago, 65% of new cars in this Himalayan country are now electric.
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City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
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Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
US High Speed Rail Association
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)