Sharing a Vision: The Art and Science of Prioritizing Community Engagement to Achieve Improved Environmental Justice

26 Sep 2023Greenbuild 2023
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Sharing a Vision: The Art and Science of Prioritizing Community Engagement to Achieve Improved Environmental Justice

Sharing a Vision: The Art and Science of Prioritizing Community Engagement to Achieve Improved Environmental Justice

26 Sep 2023Greenbuild 2023

Key takeaways

- Benchmark their organization's performance against current industry standard practice for projects that address the equity concerns, well-being and environmental priorities of the communities in which they are built.

- Deploy the framework provided by GSA's Good Neighbor Principles on their own projects from planning through design, construction and operation in order to improve social and environmental equity and/or the health of the surrounding community on your projects.

- Learn about the resources that the GSA's Urban Development/Good Neighbor Program make available to enhance community engagement that allow you to address the social equity and environmental priorities of the communities impacted by your projects.

- Identify the biggest obstacles to instituting more community engagement that will help establish social and environmental outcomes for your projects that most closely align with the community priorities, and be provided with clear, actionable direction on the best ways to tackle those obstacles.