The Urban Land Institute launched this initiative to build a movement to address our complex and shared infrastructure challenges. This requires growing the table and creating new ones through global and strategic partnerships, providing technical assistance and capacity building at the local level, and acting as a feedback loop to promote the most innovative and/or effective best practices. We believe that smart infrastructure investments are necessary for meeting ULI’s mission of building sustaining and thriving communities.

We define “infrastructure” broadly by including transportation, critical utilities (energy, water, waste, and telecommunications), and the key spaces that build community (anchor institutions, the civic commons, and parks and open space). Fundamentally, infrastructure is what connects us, what allows us to create place, and provides opportunities for future generations.