Announcing the 2024 Lexington Class of Next City Vanguards
Aug 23, 2024 · Next City today announces the class of 44 Vanguards who will convene in Lexington, Kentucky on September 23-26, 2024. This is our 16th Vanguard conference, an annual experiential gathering of rising urban leaders who work to improve cities across sectors.
Fixing the Housing Crisis, Beyond Supply - nextcity.org
Next City Event: Fixing the Housing Crisis, Beyond Supply Engage with speakers who will discuss methods for increasing affordability and making units and homes permanently affordable, such as establishing community land trusts, expanding housing assistance, and more!
Urban Crime Is Falling, Despite What Fear-Mongering Politicians …
Oct 9, 2024 · Mayor Wu’s Community Safety Team engaged with residents and stakeholders like churches and hospitals to develop strategies to “address the root causes of violence through a public health lens” for a new approach emphasizing prevention, intervention, and reinvestment.The city focused on addressing the root causes of crime over simply doling out …
Next City’s Solution’s Fest | Civic Engagement Beyond the Ballot
Nov 12, 2024 · Richard Young Richard lives in Lexington-Fayette County, Kentucky, and has worked on civic health in Kentucky for over a decade. He is the Founder and Executive Director of CivicLex, a civic health and media organization in Lexington that spans local news, bridge building, civic education, public space, and collaborative governance.
Lexington, Kentucky, Is the Host City for Next City’s National 2024 ...
Feb 7, 2024 · Next City announces our newest Vanguard convening, happening September 23rd-26th, 2024, in Lexington, Kentucky. The conference will be organized in partnership with a local host committee and partners CivicLex and VisitLEX.. Applications for the next cohort are open from February 26th at 12 p.m. Eastern. Early bird applications cost $25 to submit before April …
Reckoning With Root Shock: How Understanding Urban Renewal …
Oct 23, 2024 · Next City Event: Reckoning With Root Shock: How Understanding Urban Renewal Prepares Us for This Moment In honor of its 20th anniversary, this webinar will revisit Dr. Mindy Fullilove’s book Root Shock to reckon with the past and reimagine how to support communities facing displacement today.
Next City’s Solutions Fest | Championing Truth: How Philanthropy …
Nov 15, 2024 · Join us for a powerful conversation on the intersection of philanthropy, storytelling, and racial justice at this year’s Solutions Fest. Each year, Next City highlights journalism as a vital tool for achieving greater equity in cities, and this panel will explore how funders, even those not traditionally focused on media, are leveraging storytelling to advance their missions.
Next City’s 2024 Gift Guide for City Lovers
Nov 18, 2024 · Global flavors. $20: Run by a couple building upon their Chinese and Japanese families’ fermentation traditions, San Francisco’s Shared Cultures offers miso, furikake, tamari, salt and – if you’re more adventurous in the kitchen — koji starters. The business was enabled by Bayview Makers Kitchen, an anti-displacement initiative that transformed a vacant restaurant …
Do the Right Thing - Next City
Aug 14, 2024 · Claire Dunning is an associate professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she is an affiliated faculty member in the Do Good Institute and the History Department. Dunning is a historian of the United States in the 20th century, focusing on the histories of poverty, inequality, governance, and nonprofit …
Rethinking Streets to Drive Commerce and Connection – Not Just …
Jan 12, 2024 · In the heart of American cities big and small, the way we view our streets is changing. Long recognized globally for our absolute embrace of car culture, Americans are rethinking what streets can be and how they can function.