The ULI Building Healthy Places Initiative (BHP) works to engage, inform, and inspire ULI members and partners to do more to advance health.

ULI Partners Share Resources for Fostering Creative, Healthy, and Engaged Communities

ULI’s Building Healthy Places partners are working on exciting initiatives to deepen understanding and action on health-promoting community development.

• The Kresge Foundation has shared two case studies highlighting how creative placemaking strategies can help catalyze equitable, community-driven development. Featured projects include the Monroe Street Market in Washington, D.C., a partnership with development firm the Bozzuto Group. To learn more, click here.
• The Kresge Foundation has released a new report, Keys to Collaboration, the first in a learning series from the BUILD Health Challenge, which highlights best practices for cross-sector collaborations for health. To learn more, click here.
• The Center for Active Design has released findings from pioneering research in The Assembly Civic Engagement Survey (ACES), which examines how neighborhood design shapes a range of civic engagement outcomes. To read more about the survey findings, click here.
• The American Planning Association has released a new tool, Metrics for Planning Healthy Communities, for tracking health outcomes in five domains: active living, healthy food system, environmental exposure, emergency preparedness, and social cohesion. To learn more, click here.

ULI Colorado to Host Forum Exploring Food and Real Estate

From food halls and co-ops to chef-driven restaurants and urban farms, food enterprises are reshaping the face of development throughout the United States. ULI Colorado’s Food and Real Estate Forum will explore how integrating food into real estate projects can improve health, equity, sustainability, and the bottom line. To learn how to participate in this event, click here.

New Report Explores Urban Mobility in the Asia Pacific Region

ULI Asia Pacific and the Centre for Liveable Cities in Singapore have released Urban Mobility: 10 Cities Leading the Way in Asia-Pacific, which highlights cities across the Asia Pacific region that are using active transport to solve urban mobility challenges. The report features ten cities and their mayors, from Seoul to Shanghai to Bandung, Indonesia. To learn more, click here.

New from Urban Land

• How Stormwater Retention Paid Dividends for Three Sites—Anthony Paletta
• What Do Affluent Communities Need? More Workforce Housing—Archana Pyati
• Putting Urban Housing into a Transforming Industrial Area—Will Macht
• Nashville’s TOD Plans Consider Placemaking, Economic Development Components—Bill Lewis
• ULI to Partner with 100 Resilient Cities to Help Improve Resilience of Urban Areas Globally—Trisha Riggs

What We’re Reading

• Is WELL Certification Worth It for Developers?—National Real Estate Investor
• Lab Report: The Cleveland Clinic’s Unhealthy Community Relations—CityLab
• Shaping Space for Civic Life: Can Better Design Help Engage Citizens?—Curbed
• What Keeps Bike Share White—CityLab
• Sustainable Design Should Mimic the Outdoors—CityLab
• Is a Healthy Development a Better Investment? Using HIAs to Quantify Health Benefits—ULI Houston
• Thinking Outside the Big Box—Grocery Headquarters