Whenever you hear about affordable housing or safer streets being built, there are people behind that story who make it happen. People like you. You see a problem in your community and feel driven to solve it. You are the builder. You are the doer, the one who makes housing, parks, transportation, education, and the economy more equitable for all.
Next City believes that publishing stories about the people behind groundbreaking solutions creates more activists, planners, architects, designers and urban advocates like you who will make cities better. One reader told us: “Next City articles keep me informed on what is being done both locally and nationally to improve our cities. I am inspired when I read of the progress that is being made and it makes me feel like the efforts of my organization are worth it.”
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Change is happening in cities all over the world. Help us continue to amplify that change, the people behind it, and motivate others to do their own life’s work and make cities more equitable.
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