“Small cities, if we do them well, can be prototypes”
For the Developer Podcast, Christine Murray interviewed Future of Small Cities Founder Reif Larsen about the rise of small cities in America, the challenge of going car-free, and the question of equity, displacement and gentrification.
Subject2Change Interview
Reif Larsen was interviewed by Lauren Staniec and Jodi Smits Anderson of the Subbject2Change podcast about his work with Future of Small Cities, the upcoming Sustainable Futures Conference, how we tell the narrative around climate change and our cultural resilience.
“Translating Talk to Action” 3/16 Recap
A recap of Part 3 of our Recovery & Resilience Series, “Translating Talk to Action,” which took place on March 16.
FoSCI Winter Dialogue 2/23 Recap
A recap of our FoSCI Winter Dialogue “The Promise of Small Cities: Gateways to the Future” between Alan Berube of The Brookings Institute and Ben Forman of MassINC on February 23, 2021.
Moving from big to small…
The Developer, a UK-based urbanist magazine interviewed Reif Larsen of the Future of Small Cities Institute about migration patterns from big cities to small cities and the impacts these demographic shifts have on local communities.
“Pathways to Equity” Event Recap
Part 2 of our Recovery Resilience, “Pathways to Equity,” took place on January 26 and featured panelists from each of the four upstate metro regions.
2021: Righting the World
To welcome 2021, we highlight three hugely symbolic transportation projects in New York State. Taken together, they signpost towards a hopeful future in the fight against the climate crisis and the fight for sustainable and just communities.
The hidden language of bus stops
How we designate a small patch of urban landscape can have profound implications for what we value in our communities as well as the potential future of our planet. Take the simple bus station bump-out—it is relatively cheap to install; it can be completed in a day; and yet its creation is an act of equity, resilience, and community-making.
RPI architecture class reimagines Troy underpass
Professor Michael Oatman and his architectural students use cutting-edge LIDAR scan of area as a resource to produce entries for UNITING LINE design competition.
Inaugural Event Recap: Collaboration & Innovation
Our event on October 27 was a big success!