Environment



Environmental factors are a growing concern of many neighborhoods across the country. Many NNIP partners are similarly focused on sustainability in their neighborhoods. Local work includes creating environmental indicators such using data on energy use, open space, pollution levels, and accessibility, mapping community gardens and parks, and creating sustainability indexes to promote better decisionmaking around sustainable redevelopment.

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