Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
@landpolicy.bsky.social
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Hi, Bluesky! We're the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, a nonprofit private operating foundation that researches and recommends creative approaches to land as a solution to economic, social, and environmental challenges.
We’re excited to share what we're up to here and engage with the community!
We’re excited to share what we're up to here and engage with the community!
NEW: The Lincoln Institute invites proposals for case studies that document the implementation of land value capture (LVC) instruments that advance climate adaptation or disaster risk management globally.
November 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
NEW: The Lincoln Institute invites proposals for case studies that document the implementation of land value capture (LVC) instruments that advance climate adaptation or disaster risk management globally.
Lincoln Vibrant Communities Accelerating Community Impact Cohort Fellow Seth Knudsen recently published an opinion piece about how public-private collaborations can strengthen New Orleans' downtown in @nolanews.bsky.social: www.nola.com/opinions/gue...
Guest column: Revitalization of NO downtown is continuing, but more work is needed
Guest column: Revitalization of NO downtown is continuing, but more work is needed
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November 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Lincoln Vibrant Communities Accelerating Community Impact Cohort Fellow Seth Knudsen recently published an opinion piece about how public-private collaborations can strengthen New Orleans' downtown in @nolanews.bsky.social: www.nola.com/opinions/gue...
Building on insights from the 2025 Innovations in Manufactured Homes (I’m HOME) Annual Conference in Atlanta, a follow-up webinar on Thursday, November 20, at 11 am ET will revisit several of the conference’s most talked-about sessions.
November 14, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Building on insights from the 2025 Innovations in Manufactured Homes (I’m HOME) Annual Conference in Atlanta, a follow-up webinar on Thursday, November 20, at 11 am ET will revisit several of the conference’s most talked-about sessions.
We've run our Scenario Planning for Urban Futures course with Michigan Engineering Online & Professional Education for years, and we're excited to do it again in May! Apply ⬇️
I'm going to run my immersive three-day short course on Scenario Planning for Urban Futures (in-person in Ann Arbor or live online) with Heather Hannon @landpolicy.bsky.social in May 2026 -- register before 12/31 to save 25% ope.engin.umich.edu/pe/scenario-...
Scenario Planning for Urban Futures
Gain first-hand knowledge about scenario planning and concrete ideas for how to implement scenarios in specific contexts.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
We've run our Scenario Planning for Urban Futures course with Michigan Engineering Online & Professional Education for years, and we're excited to do it again in May! Apply ⬇️
Reminder: We're looking for community-based partners in Latin America or the Caribbean to cohost an exploratory scenario planning (XSP) workshop on water resilience in 2026.
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Reminder: We're looking for community-based partners in Latin America or the Caribbean to cohost an exploratory scenario planning (XSP) workshop on water resilience in 2026.
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy will be participating in the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management’s (APPAM) 47th Annual Fall Research Conference on November 13–15 in Seattle, Washington.
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy will be participating in the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management’s (APPAM) 47th Annual Fall Research Conference on November 13–15 in Seattle, Washington.
DEADLINE EXTENDED: The Lincoln Institute seeks proposals for research examining how building codes and standards influence housing supply, quality, and affordability; resilience to climate-related risks; and equity for vulnerable communities.
November 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
DEADLINE EXTENDED: The Lincoln Institute seeks proposals for research examining how building codes and standards influence housing supply, quality, and affordability; resilience to climate-related risks; and equity for vulnerable communities.
"For now, however, the South Station project is a dramatic expression of the old juxtaposed with the new." Today Senior Fellow Anthony Flint published an analysis of Boston's latest skyscraper—and what it represents for the MA capital. In Bloomberg CityLab: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
November 4, 2025 at 5:06 AM
"For now, however, the South Station project is a dramatic expression of the old juxtaposed with the new." Today Senior Fellow Anthony Flint published an analysis of Boston's latest skyscraper—and what it represents for the MA capital. In Bloomberg CityLab: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
What would economic development look like if resident well-being and equity were primary goals, not aspirational after-effects of growth? In a new @edqjournal.bsky.social article, Associate Director for Equity and Opportunity Haegi Kwon presents a framework to do exactly that.
November 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
What would economic development look like if resident well-being and equity were primary goals, not aspirational after-effects of growth? In a new @edqjournal.bsky.social article, Associate Director for Equity and Opportunity Haegi Kwon presents a framework to do exactly that.
NEW: Applications are now open for the next cohort of the Lincoln Vibrant Communities Fellows and Teams Programs!
@claremontlincoln.bsky.social
@claremontlincoln.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
NEW: Applications are now open for the next cohort of the Lincoln Vibrant Communities Fellows and Teams Programs!
@claremontlincoln.bsky.social
@claremontlincoln.bsky.social
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Just published! “Looking in, Leveraging, and Locking: An Asset-Based Framework for Economic Development Policy and Practice” by H. Kwon @landpolicy.bsky.social. Accessible to all @edqjournal.bsky.social @sagepub.com. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Looking in, Leveraging, and Locking: An Asset-Based Framework for Economic Development Policy and Practice - Haegi Kwon, 2025
Many factors contribute to growing inequalities in the United States. This commentary identifies three common assumptions inherent to economic development pract...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Just published! “Looking in, Leveraging, and Locking: An Asset-Based Framework for Economic Development Policy and Practice” by H. Kwon @landpolicy.bsky.social. Accessible to all @edqjournal.bsky.social @sagepub.com. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
"[We] found a pattern that spans the globe: Tens of thousands of migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in 2024 have come from localities repeatedly hit by hurricanes, floods and droughts..."
October 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
"[We] found a pattern that spans the globe: Tens of thousands of migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in 2024 have come from localities repeatedly hit by hurricanes, floods and droughts..."
Reminder: applications are due November 25 ⬇️
Our Consortium for Scenario Planning is seeking proposals for community-based exploratory scenario planning (XSP) workshops that address the urgent challenge of climate mobility—the movement of people driven by climate-related risks such as flooding, wildfires, droughts, and storms.
October 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Reminder: applications are due November 25 ⬇️
October 31 is the deadline to submit a proposal for original case studies that explore the intersection of heirs property and disaster relief. Learn more and apply: go.lincolninst.edu/l/153411/202...
October 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
October 31 is the deadline to submit a proposal for original case studies that explore the intersection of heirs property and disaster relief. Learn more and apply: go.lincolninst.edu/l/153411/202...
New in Land Lines: Communities across the US are wooing data centers with tax breaks and other incentives, eager to lay claim to a piece of the explosive growth surrounding artificial intelligence.
October 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
New in Land Lines: Communities across the US are wooing data centers with tax breaks and other incentives, eager to lay claim to a piece of the explosive growth surrounding artificial intelligence.
Lincoln Institute staff members Patrick Welch, Enrique R Silva, and Amy Cotter and former colleague Martin Smolka coauthored a paper that is now included as a book chapter in a forthcoming edited volume, "Decentralized Governance and Climate Change."
October 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Lincoln Institute staff members Patrick Welch, Enrique R Silva, and Amy Cotter and former colleague Martin Smolka coauthored a paper that is now included as a book chapter in a forthcoming edited volume, "Decentralized Governance and Climate Change."
Más de 250 periodistas postularon al Premio Lincoln al Periodismo sobre políticas urbanas, Desarrollo sostenible y cambio climático 2025. Los ganadores del Premio, ya en su cuarto año, son trabajos de excelencia sobre temas clave de la actualidad. ¡Felicitaciones a todos los ganadores y sus equipos!
October 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Más de 250 periodistas postularon al Premio Lincoln al Periodismo sobre políticas urbanas, Desarrollo sostenible y cambio climático 2025. Los ganadores del Premio, ya en su cuarto año, son trabajos de excelencia sobre temas clave de la actualidad. ¡Felicitaciones a todos los ganadores y sus equipos!
Strengthening public policy through futures thinking. 🌍
Last month in Brasília, the Lincoln Institute and Brazil’s Secretariat for Federal Public Assets applied Exploratory Scenario Planning (XSP) to explore the future of the Imóvel da Gente Program.
Last month in Brasília, the Lincoln Institute and Brazil’s Secretariat for Federal Public Assets applied Exploratory Scenario Planning (XSP) to explore the future of the Imóvel da Gente Program.
October 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Strengthening public policy through futures thinking. 🌍
Last month in Brasília, the Lincoln Institute and Brazil’s Secretariat for Federal Public Assets applied Exploratory Scenario Planning (XSP) to explore the future of the Imóvel da Gente Program.
Last month in Brasília, the Lincoln Institute and Brazil’s Secretariat for Federal Public Assets applied Exploratory Scenario Planning (XSP) to explore the future of the Imóvel da Gente Program.
In a new working paper, Senior Policy Analyst Luis Quintanilla examines the fiscal impacts of work-from-home on commercial property values in the US. Read the paper: go.lincolninst.edu/l/153411/202...
October 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
In a new working paper, Senior Policy Analyst Luis Quintanilla examines the fiscal impacts of work-from-home on commercial property values in the US. Read the paper: go.lincolninst.edu/l/153411/202...
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what does it mean that small landowners are being asked to lease their land, or at least the carbon inside their trees, to corporations like amazon for 20-year contracts?
i am super excited to share this work and grateful to the @landpolicy.bsky.social for supporting it! ✊
tinyurl.com/mw2zx9fe
i am super excited to share this work and grateful to the @landpolicy.bsky.social for supporting it! ✊
tinyurl.com/mw2zx9fe
October 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
what does it mean that small landowners are being asked to lease their land, or at least the carbon inside their trees, to corporations like amazon for 20-year contracts?
i am super excited to share this work and grateful to the @landpolicy.bsky.social for supporting it! ✊
tinyurl.com/mw2zx9fe
i am super excited to share this work and grateful to the @landpolicy.bsky.social for supporting it! ✊
tinyurl.com/mw2zx9fe
Local actors have a lot to juggle and the options for equitable development programming can be overwhelming. So how can community leaders determine which strategies and programming to pursue?
October 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Local actors have a lot to juggle and the options for equitable development programming can be overwhelming. So how can community leaders determine which strategies and programming to pursue?
Our Consortium for Scenario Planning is seeking proposals for community-based exploratory scenario planning (XSP) workshops that address the urgent challenge of climate mobility—the movement of people driven by climate-related risks such as flooding, wildfires, droughts, and storms.
October 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Our Consortium for Scenario Planning is seeking proposals for community-based exploratory scenario planning (XSP) workshops that address the urgent challenge of climate mobility—the movement of people driven by climate-related risks such as flooding, wildfires, droughts, and storms.
The Lincoln Institute invites proposals for original case studies that explore the intersection of heirs property and disaster relief, with a focus on research that studies the issue of tangled titles and how communities have tried to address them in preparing for natural disasters.
October 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The Lincoln Institute invites proposals for original case studies that explore the intersection of heirs property and disaster relief, with a focus on research that studies the issue of tangled titles and how communities have tried to address them in preparing for natural disasters.
Última llamada: ¡el último día para enviar solicitudes es mañana!
¡El último día para enviar solicitudes es el viernes! El Instituto Lincoln otorgará becas para cubrir parte del costo del máster en Políticas de Suelo y Desarrollo Urbano Sostenible, ofrecido por el Instituto Lincoln y la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (@uneduniv.bsky.social)
October 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Última llamada: ¡el último día para enviar solicitudes es mañana!
Reminder: in one week, our Consortium for Scenario Planning and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) are holding a virtual peer exchange at 12 p.m. ET!
October 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Reminder: in one week, our Consortium for Scenario Planning and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) are holding a virtual peer exchange at 12 p.m. ET!