Land Lines July 2023
Office-to-Residential Conversions Are on the Rise—What Does That Mean for Cities?
Downtown offices are sitting empty, while the cities they anchor desperately need more housing. Could those unused cubicles and conference rooms be converted into homes? We share lessons from Calgary, Denver, and other cities on the leading edge of office conversions.
Finding Common Ground: Land Trusts and CLTs Explore New Collaborations
As we confront intertwined crises related to equity, affordability, and climate, some conservation land trusts and community land trusts are investigating what they could accomplish by working together.
Grid Locked: How Land Use Battles Are Hindering the Clean Energy Transition
Clean energy is poised to play a central role in climate mitigation and transform the way we get our power. But standoffs and bottlenecks related to land use and the electric grid are bogging things down on the ground.
This issue explores new partnerships between conservation groups and affordable housing advocates, the land use battles that are hindering the clean energy transition, the rise in office-to-residential conversions, and more.