Building a Climate-Ready Future for All

Join NLC for the Critical Partnerships for Community Resilience series. This series explores local approaches to community resilience through the lens of partnerships. Each webinar will highlight essential relationships for addressing obstacles city leaders face when it comes to building a climate-ready future for all.  

Upcoming Events

Green Gentrification and the Role of Housing in Resilience

As Housing Month continues, NLC invites you to attend the Green Gentrification and the Role of Housing in Resilience webinar at 12:00 p.m. (ET) Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. This webinar event is the launch of a new Critical Partnerships for Community Resilience series that explores the relationships between local sustainability and housing staff.  

This month’s expert-led session will focus on the role of affordable housing policy in resiliency planning and how a resilient built environment can equitability benefit all residents in our communities and beyond. 

Speakers: 

  • Isabelle Anguelovski, Director of the Barcelona Laboratory for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability 
  • Issac Evans, Sustainability Program Coordinator, City of Minneapolis Health Department
  • Dean Porter-Nelson, Housing Stability Specialist, Community Planning and Economic Development, City of Minneapolis
  • Jessica Smith Lennan, the Deputy Director of the 11th Street Bridge Park