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“Completing the Loop” Plan Wins National Award for Excellence in Sustainability

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Riverlife and evolveEA were honored by the American Planning Association (APA) Sustainable Communities Division at their 2022 awards ceremony.

Riverlife Completing the Loop Plan Charts an Equitable New Future

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Pittsburgh's Completing the Loop plan is driven by an environmental justice vision to reconnect and enhance its most precious natural assets.

Triboro Ecodistrict

Millvale, Etna, and Sharpsburg are three rivertown communities whose pursuits of district scale sustainability brought them together as a multi municipal ecodistrict to pool their forces.

Greenways for Pittsburgh 2.0

In 2017, evolveEA led a refresh of the Greenways for Pittsburgh plan first developed in 1980. Through extensive research, community engagement, a review of existing greenway programs, and a series of workshops with various City Departments, the team developed a policy guide with recommendations to improve policies around the stewardship, design, development, and management of greenways in the City.

Ecodistricts 101

While traditional development focuses on developing the built environment, ecodistrict planning focuses on developing both the hardware AND software of a community.

Living Waters of Larimer

Living Waters of Larimer is a community development project that demonstrates how green infrastructure can be integrated into the urban spaces, cultural life, and economic infrastructure of a community.