NACTO Grants to Fund Open Streets As Tools for Equity and Resilience
“It seemed prudent to lift up examples of projects that balanced that tension between the need to respond rapidly to this crisis and the need to be thoughtful about the people who live in cities,” said NACTO’s Jenny O’Connell.
10:38 PM EDT on September 3, 2020
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