As a regional expert on smart growth principles and healthy community design, we work to advance local and regional policies that support health, equity, economic growth, and environmental sustainability. We advocate for greater investment, to ensure that community-supported plans and policies can actually be implemented. Our knowledge of design strategies, effective policy, and funding sources helps us apply national best practices to local contexts.
Current Projects
Environmental Justice In general Plans
Embedding health equity and mobility justice into local policy
Safe Routes to Parks and Healthy Retail
Identifying policy and built environment opportunities to improve health through active travelÂ
Sacramento Neighborhoods Activating on Air Quality (SNAAQ)
Empowering community members to monitor their air quality, reduce carbon emissions and improve public health
Past Projects
City of Sacramento Transit-Oriented Development
Advocated for the adoption of more robust TOD policies
Mayors’ Commission on Climate Change
Participated in the Built Environment, Mobility, and Community Health and Resiliency technical advisory committees
Vision Zero: City of Sacramento
Engaged in discussions at the national, state, and local levels to effectively apply best practices locally