Explore how the City of Richmond has incorporated a Racial Equity and Environmental Justice priority in the City's RVA Green 2050 plan.

Virginia | Pop. 1,120,304 | 7 counties

To engage the community, the commission developed an Equitable Community Engagement Strategy, established an on-call bench of consultants to support the strategy and public outreach needs and created a role for a full-time Community Engagement Manager. Learn more here.

Vermont, | Pop. 178,922 | 4 counties

When compiling the 2022 CEDS for the West Central Vermont region, the commission worked closely with partners to host regional economic development workshops. Early in the process, one of these CEDS Workshops was cohosted with the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance. This workshop sought to inform leaders and partners across the region about the CEDS development and begin gathering feedback from stakeholders that would inform their SOAR analysis. Since this meeting, the commission has released two drafts of their CEDS for continued community feedback with multiple avenues for feedback virtually and in-person. Learn more here.

Vermont, | Pop. 178,922 | 4 counties

To raise awareness, the council publishes an annual report and online data scorecard on regional disparities, disaggregating key metrics of community well-being by race and geographies. Learn more here.

Vermont, | Pop. 178,922 | 4 counties

With the support of an external Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Consultant, the council completed an equity assessment of the organization and led a CCRPC-sponsored Equity Summit. Learn more here.

Penn Hills Community Development Corporation in Pennsylvania secured funding to allow them to conduct a local community census. This census, branded as Penn Hills Rising, will include hiring local residents to conduct a door-to-door conversation, collaboration with 65 community-based organizations across 39 neighborhoods, and a wide range of neighborhood meetings.

Massachusetts | Pop. 4,432,617 | 5 counties

In their 2020 CEDS, the council focused on the issues of equity and inclusion by defining terms, explaining their importance, and framing goals around these issues. Their process and plan have three major themes: racial equity, economic resilience, and climate resilience.

Massachusetts | Pop. 789,034 | 1 county

Explore how the Merrimack Valley Regional Planning Commission used the S.O.A.R. framework to take an asset-based approach to their S.W.O.T. Analysis.

Massachusetts | Pop. 4,432,617 | 5 counties

In their 2023 CEDS, the commission provided updates on the Berkshire Blueprint 2.0 initiative. In partnership with 1Berkshire, the blueprint identified five industry clusters and developed partner hubs for each. These efforts included the creation of an advisory board, implementation support, and benchmarking.

Created by the University of Virginia Institute for Engagement and Negotiation Project, this report is an example of a state-level climate adaption plan that contains goals, policies, and implementation steps with justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion considerations.

Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI), a CDFI located in Maine, launched a Childcare Business Lab following a state-wide listening tour. The lab sought to bring together small business start-up education with guidance on delivering high-quality childcare programming, including support through the licensing process. CEI looks at how this cohort-based model can be scaled across the state, in other languages for key immigrant audiences, and potentially for other regions.