Meet the EDDIT Clients
EDDIT works closely with organizations to offer them a personalized data analysis and storytelling training program to support their existing equitable development projects. Organizations include nonprofits, community groups, and local governments in small and mid-sized cities across Canada and the U.S. Organizations work on a wide range of equitable development focus areas, ranging from environmental justice to equitable economic development and housing affordability.
Through a competitive application process held in 2023, six diverse organizations from small and mid-sized cities in the U.S. and Canada organizations were selected to participate in the inaugural 2023 cohort. Each participating team undertook a 9 month learning journey that included a site visit, 1-1 coaching, and 12 weeks of instruction capped off with an in-person symposium in Toronto, Canada. Read our 2023 Case Summaries to learn more about how the 2023 cohort used data analysis and storytelling to build buy-in for their equitable development projects.
EDDIT works closely with organizations to offer them a personalized data analysis and storytelling training program to support their existing equitable development projects. Organizations include nonprofits, community groups, and local governments in small and mid-sized cities across Canada and the U.S. Organizations work on a wide range of equitable development focus areas, ranging from environmental justice to equitable economic development and housing affordability.
Through a competitive application process held in 2023, six diverse organizations from small and mid-sized cities in the U.S. and Canada organizations were selected to participate in the inaugural 2023 cohort. Each participating team undertook a 9 month learning journey that included a site visit, 1-1 coaching, and 12 weeks of instruction capped off with an in-person symposium in Toronto, Canada. Read our 2023 Case Summaries to learn more about how the 2023 cohort used data analysis and storytelling to build buy-in for their equitable development projects.
Client Spotlight
2024 Cohort
Four organizations have been selected for the 2024 cohort. Learn more about them below.
2024 Cohort
Four organizations have been selected for the 2024 cohort. Learn more about them below.
City of Champaign, IL
Location:
Champaign, IL
Equitable Development Project or Area of Focus:
The City of Champaign aims to advance and promote equitable community investments and reduce gun violence by addressing its root causes. In recent years, the City of Champaign has invested in equitable infrastructure projects in the Garden Hills neighborhood with the goal of reducing flooding, improving access to green space, promoting walkability, and increasing public safety. Simultaneously, the City has also been implementing the Community Gun Violence Reduction Blueprint, an innovative citywide strategy to address the root causes of gun violence.
City of Eau Claire, WI
Location:
Eau Claire, WI
Equitable Development Project or Area of Focus:
The City of Eau Claire aims to improve equitable public transportation access in their community. The City wishes to improve coverage and increase ridership by focusing on building transit awareness in the community, while simultaneously developing long-term financial partnerships with major employers and educators throughout the City. The City of Eau Claire has received ARPA funding that will support efforts to increase transit ridership and access, build more affordable housing and a daytime homeless shelter, and the creation of an EDI strategy.
Cross Community Climate Collaborative (C4)
Location:
West Central Cook County, IL
Equitable Development Project or Area of Focus:
C4 aims to ensure just climate transitions by achieving greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions in an equitable way. C4 is a regional collective effort by West Central Cook County municipalities that brings together BIPOC and non-minority communities across income lines to share ideas, secure resources, and implement GHG-reduction projects at a regional scale. One of C4’s projects is the Green Landscape Technology (GLT) initiative, which promotes the adoption of low-impact, eco-friendly landscaping alternatives to traditional landscaping practices. C4 aims to ensure that small and minority-owned landscaping businesses actively benefit, and are not harmed, by the GLT transition.
Downtown Halifax Business Commission
Location:
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Equitable Development Project or Area of Focus:
The Downtown Halifax Business Commission (DHBC) is the business improvement district that represents and advocates for over 1600 businesses in the urban core of Halifax. In June 2024, the DHBC launched their Downtown Halifax Vision 2030, which offers a new vision for how to build on the area’s success, synergize with major projects in the area, and revitalize Halifax’s downtown for all to enjoy. Their next goal is to mobilize champions who will co-own and implement the actions listed within the Vision, who will move the Vision towards reality, and then ultimately share in the success of downtown.
2023 Cohort
The inaugural 2023 cohort included six diverse organizations from small and mid-sized cities in the U.S. and Canada. The cohort’s areas of focus range from environmental justice to equitable economic development and housing affordability. Learn more about each organization below.
Read our 2023 Case Summaries to learn more about how the 2023 cohort used data analysis and storytelling to build buy-in for their equitable development projects.
2023 Cohort
The inaugural 2023 cohort included six diverse organizations from small and mid-sized cities in the U.S. and Canada. The cohort’s areas of focus range from environmental justice to equitable economic development and housing affordability. Learn more about each organization below.
Read our 2023 Case Summaries to learn more about how the 2023 cohort used data analysis and storytelling to build buy-in for their equitable development projects.
Groundwork Bridgeport
Location:
Bridgeport, CT
Equitable Development Project or Area of Focus:
Groundwork Bridgeport aims to increase tree equity in Bridgeport, CT, focusing on neighborhoods with lower tree coverage, such as the East Side. Through their Adopt-A-Tree program and volunteer tree planting programs, they educate the community about the health, environmental, and civic benefits of trees.
The Community Builders
Location:
Worcester, MA
Equitable Development Project or Area of Focus:
The Community Builders aim to assess the impacts of the Community Life resident services program on their affordable residences across the U.S. by reviewing development, property management, and service data. The Plumley Village site in Worcester, MA, will be used as a case study for this assessment.
Business High Point
Chamber of Commerce
Location:
High Point, NC
Equitable Development Project or Area of Focus:
The Business High Point Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Change Often LLC, aim to assess two initiatives: Thrive High Point, a program that helps Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Individuals (SEDI) entrepreneurs scale their businesses, access capital, and find retail space; and Shop on Washington, an initiative to reinvest in brick-and-mortar businesses along Washington Street in High Point, NC.
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
Location:
Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada
Equitable Development Project or Area of Focus:
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo aims to assess and understand the issue of housing affordability in their region, addressing the unique housing needs of their urban and rural populations.
City of Albuquerque,
Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency
Location:
Albuquerque, NM
Equitable Development Project or Area of Focus:
The City of Albuquerque Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency is redeveloping a 7-mile rail corridor in Downtown Albuquerque into an urban trail, focusing on stimulating economic, cultural, and recreational development in the surrounding neighborhoods, while also implementing anti-displacement strategies. The City aims to build a data dashboard to improve data accessibility and communication between the City and residents.
Cone Health Foundation in partnership with the City of Greensboro
Location:
Greensboro, NC
Equitable Development Project or Area of Focus:
This project is a partnership between the City of Greensboro and The Cone Health Foundation. Together, they aim to support food security and upward economic mobility in low-wealth neighborhoods, such as East Greensboro, and to better communicate data about these topics to the public
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