Reimagining the Civic Commons
An ambitious national initiative demonstrating that strategic investments in public spaces can connect people of all backgrounds, cultivate trust and create more resilient communities
@spur-urbanist.bsky.social
🦋 Official Bluesky of SPUR 💡 IDEAS + ACTION FOR A BETTER CITY 🙏 a member-supported nonprofit organization 📍 SF + San José + Oakland 🔗 spur.org Research, education & advocacy for a more equitable, sustainable, and prosperous region.
@sbndetroit.bsky.social
Mobilizing #SustainableBusiness of all sizes to highlight SE Michigan businesses & organizations as global leaders in sustainability and the #circular economy.
@maribel-wadsworth.bsky.social
CEO @ Knight Foundation. Boy mama. Long-tortured Miami Dolphins fan. She/Her/Ella
@natestorring.bsky.social
City observer, movie lover, errant Canadian. ⛲️ Co-Executive Director, @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social 📖 Co-Editor, brookings.edu/books/hyperlocal 🎧 Co-Host, @simpsonsfilmpod.bsky.social 🏡 Resident, Lambertville, NJ
@rbryoung.bsky.social
Strengthening civic health & democracy at the local level with CivicLex and KY RUX. Kentucky proud 🪕🥃🐎💪
@patricksharkey.bsky.social
social scientist studying violence and urban inequality in the US
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
TIPS: Email me at nhannahjones@nytimes.com or send a Signal nhannahjones.67 //Founder Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard Univ// Staff writer at NYT Mag// Creator #1619Project// History blerd//Smart and Thuggish
@nyu-urbanstudies.bsky.social
NYU's innovative new Urban Studies Program, partnering with Anthropology, History, Social and Cultural Analysis, Sociology, NYU Global, and more to come. Training students for their future in a majority urban world. NYC, Accra, London, Shanghai, Sydney +++
@clintonglobal.bsky.social
Building a community of doers who are taking action on the world's most pressing challenges, together. Operated by the Clinton Foundation.
@liscinstitute.bsky.social
https://www.lisc.org/our-resources/institute/
@mayorbowser.bsky.social
@donchen.bsky.social
President, Surdna Foundation, which supports healthy environments, inclusive economies & thriving cultures to achieve racial equity & social justice in the U.S. Find us at www.surdna.org
@gigipowpow.bsky.social
Detroit via Chicago. Day dreamer, bridge builder. Walking with ancestors, talking with you. All opinions are my own.
@washhousing.bsky.social
The Washington Housing Conservancy is a 501c3 nonprofit that owns and operates affordable workforce housing in the DC-Maryland-Virginia area. https://washingtonhousingconservancy.org/
@mslynnross.bsky.social
Urbanist, Policy Nerd. Founder, Spirit for Change Consulting. Work on #housingjustice #justplaces #civicinfrastrcuture. Live in the South, but still a Midwesterner at heart. Also: K-drama enthusiast, dessert connoisseur, nap expert.
@detroitgreenways.bsky.social
#Detroit advocates for a citywide network of #greenways, #CompleteStreets & bike pathways 🚶🏾🏃🏾👩🏾🦽🚴🏾 linktr.ee/detroitgreenways
@julianagyeman.bsky.social
Critical urban planning professor @ Tufts UEP. From Yorkshire UK, now living in Cambridge MA. Dad of English choccy Lab, Oso. Desperately seeking #justsustainabilities. Editor-in-Chief of Local Environment. Website: julianagyeman.com
@designtrustnyc.bsky.social
unlocking the potential of NYC's public spaces since 1995 www.designtrust.org
@ppsplacemaking.bsky.social
We bring community-powered public spaces to life through #placemaking, social impact partnerships, events, & training. www.pps.org
@texastribune.org
Member-supported, nonprofit and nonpartisan newsroom informing & engaging Texans on state politics & policy. Sign up for our daily email: http://trib.it/signup
@downtownakron.bsky.social
Posts All Downtown Akron, Ohio, All the Time 😊 Everything Downtown: https://www.downtownakron.com/
@envinitiative.bsky.social
Nonprofit organization catalyzing collaboration across perspectives, power, & systems for social equity and environmental health.
@cityofdetroit.bsky.social
Official Bluesky account for the City of Detroit. Follow for news and information about city government in Detroit. Where the comeback never stops. detroitmi.gov
@crainsdetroit.bsky.social
@crainscleveland.bsky.social
@newyorker.com
Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM Follow The New Yorker’s writers and contributors: https://go.bsky.app/Gh5bFwS
@ryanenos.bsky.social
Social Scientist, Harvard University https://www.ryandenos.com/ https://ryandenos.substack.com/
@danielaldrich.bsky.social
Social scientist interested in social capital, social infrastructure, energy and environmental politics. Books at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Daniel-P.-Aldrich/author/B001JSDHPW
@theatlantic.com
Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
@pewresearch.org
Nonpartisan, nonadvocacy data and analysis. Visit us at https://www.pewresearch.org/
@nytimes.com
In-depth, independent reporting to better understand the world, now on Bluesky. News tips? Share them here: http://nyti.ms/2FVHq9v
@zephoria.bsky.social
STS researcher who likes to look at things sideways. Founded Data & Society. Topics: Census | Youth | Data | Society Microsoft Research -> Cornell (2025) https://made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io
@vitalcitynyc.bsky.social
Enlightening data. New ideas. Civil conversation. Visit us at vitalcitynyc.org
@vishaan.bsky.social
Architect|Author|Urbanist Founder, Practice for Architecture and Urbanism | PAU Author: The Architecture of Urbanity (Princeton University Press, 2024); A Country of Cities (DAP, 2013)
@fisherdanar.bsky.social
Director, Center for Environment Community, & Equity and Professor, AU | NonRes Sr Fellow, Brookings | Chair, Political Soc, ASA | IPCCWG3 AR6 | www.danarfisher.com | TED Talk on Saving Ourselves: go.ted.com/danarfisher
@dkthomp.bsky.social
Staff writer at The Atlantic. Host of Plain English podcast. Books.
@ericklinenberg.bsky.social
Helen Gould Shepard Professor of Social Science and Director of the Institute for Public Knowlege at NYU. New book: *2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed.*
@brenttoderian.bsky.social
Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media.
@shawnmicallef.bsky.social
Local tosser Books author (New: Stroll!) Toronto Star column writer Spacing Magazine co-founder U of T instructor Trying to do it a bit different here than the last place. Links to books, etc: https://linktr.ee/shawnmicallef 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤘🏼
@sightline.org
Think tank cooking up nonpartisan policy research on housing, democracy, energy, climate, and forests in Cascadia. 🧠🍳 Likes/follows ≠ endorsements. Newsletters: sightline.org/signup