Another month, another list of exciting events, resources, and stories! Our latest blog explores what our network is up to during this spooky month. Check out in-person events, learning opportunities, and more!
September Update: Explore the stories we’ve been reading, opportunities to get involved in intersectional work, and upcoming events you can attend to learn more about housing affordability, social equity, and the environment.
The 24th Street Transit Oriented Development Overlay is a plan designed to revitalize a 760-acre area near the 24th Street Transit Center in National City, California. With the goal of shaping a strong, vibrant community, its recommendations focus on supporting mixed land uses and bolstering connectivity throughout the neighborhood.
This month, Build It Green hosted Bronwyn Barry, Policy Lead at The Passive House Network (PHN), for a conversation on PHN’s latest report: “Policy That Works, an investigation into policies driving Passive House adoption in North America”.
Build It Green’s Affordable, Equitable Building Decarbonization Working Group is working to address a complex and important issue: integrating renter protections in building decarbonization rollouts. This report-out provides a glimpse into what we learned from speaking with inspiring stakeholders in this intersectional space.
August Update: Explore the stories we’ve been reading, opportunities to get involved in intersectional work, and upcoming events you can attend to deepen your understanding of housing-related issues.
We recently had the pleasure of speaking with Shalini Agrawal, Founder of Public Design for Equity, about her work as an interdisciplinary designer. In her own practice and role as Director of the Pathways to Equity program, she is dedicated to shifting the status quo toward more equity-based design and helping professionals better understand their role and impact in community development work.
During this unique infusion of federal and state funding for infrastructure projects, the Infrastructure Opportunity Working Group sees an opportunity to build and maintain infrastructure in ways that promote equitable, climate-conscious, and community-centered housing development without sprawl. The ‘Infrastructure and California’s Communities Principles’ are a result of the working group’s collective efforts to guide its next phase of work and to help articulate aspirations for everyone involved in California infrastructure issues.
July Update: Explore the stories we’ve been reading, opportunities to get involved in intersectional work, and upcoming events you can attend to deepen your understanding of housing-related issues.
From January to October 2020, POWER member Eric Morrill worked to complete an extensive electrification retrofit of a three-unit building in San Francisco owned by him and his wife. Learn more about this project and the choices he made to keep the process as affordable and straightforward as possible.
Alex Coba
Communication Associate
As a proud California native from Stockton, Alex brings a wealth of experience and a versatile skill set. He has a solid communication background with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Public Relations from California State University, Chico. Alex is adept at strategic communications and media relations, with experience gathering and sharing stories from his local communities that uplift the unique spirit and values of those places. He is excited to join Build It Green, where he can apply his talents to further BIG’s mission to help communities across California thrive