“Planting” a parking lot to create paradise in the inner suburbs, hats off to Livable Buckhead – http://ow.ly/SWbZ50G3dc2 From Parking Lot to Paradise: PARK(ing) Day Comes to Lenox Square on September 17

Bill would provide new federal funding for accessible, local parks: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42949-021-00022-0?campaign_id=39&emc=edit_ty_20210701&instance_id=34323&nl=opinion-today&regi_id=67843334&segment_id=62290&te=1&user_id=8254d4122d5d68760ef270a75942f975 Residential housing segregation and urban tree canopy in 37 US Cities

Redlined areas have half the tree canopy of areas given an A rating by the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation in the 1930s according to new study: http://ow.ly/TppV50FnFsG Residential housing segregation and urban tree canopy in 37 US Cities

EPA determines that Trump administration’s rollback is “leading to significant environmental degradation” so it will craft a new set of protections for waterways that provide habitats for wildlife and safe drinking water: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/06/09/biden-epa-clean-water-act/ Biden pushes protection for more streams and wetlands, targeting a major Trump rollback

The world needs to restore nature on land areas equivalent to the size of China by 2030 if it is to feed a fast-growing population, curb pollution, halt species loss and meet global goals to tackle climate change: https://news.trust.org/item/20210603114155-i2c5s/ Restore land the size of China to hit climate and nature goals: UN

Freeway fighters to Buttigieg: Fewer highways, more bike & pedestrian pathways: http://ow.ly/Pbif50EkOP7 Highway Foes Emboldened as Buttigieg Puts Houston Project on Pause

Mall sold for mixed-use in the inner suburbs of Phoenix is a harbinger of things to come: http://ow.ly/22Tl50EjY8Y A hint of what’s to come for dying malls: Phoenix mall owner sells out as property is rezoned for other uses

Study Finding: “If a public space has a strong community-led component, people use it more, they trust it more, and they feel more like it is theirs:” http://ow.ly/sP6p50EkOp4 Community-Responsive Public Spaces Were More Resilient During COVID, Report Finds

Metro Atlanta continues to build world-class bike lanes, off-road paths to get more people out of cars and on bikes: http://ow.ly/V0oI50EjXIx Where are we pedaling next? The new bicycling projects coming soon to metro Altanta