Author: Mark Lammers

Neighborhoods as Systems: Free Toolkit Helps Communities Create Lasting Change 

Neighborhoods as Systems: Free Toolkit Helps Communities Create Lasting Change 

The Neighborhood as Systems Toolkit, created after years of research by teams at Cincinnati Children’s and Design Impact, empowers residents to catalyze solutions for a thriving community. And it’s Free!

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Neighborhood Solutions, a LIVE Community Conversation

Neighborhood Solutions, a LIVE Community Conversation

Brick by Brick’s first in-person community conversation and Q&A event focused on Dayton neighborhood solutions, but the issues and lessons resonate for cities across the region. We turned it into a special podcast so that we can all learn from each other.

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A Season of Solutions

A Season of Solutions

As many of our neighbors in southwestern Ohio already know, challenges around housing and community development are persistent. But as we’ve seen over this inaugural year of reporting on Brick by Brick, there are a plethora of solutions either underway already in our region, or possibly worth bringing here.   Spoiler alert: none of these solutions are ‘silver bullets’ to the problems of housing stability, or […]

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Share Your Vision With Us!

Share Your Vision With Us!

“Solutions for a thriving community.”   It’s the sub-title to this Brick by Brick initiative because we feel that the strongest solutions are ones that will enable our neighbors, and collectively our communities, to prosper.  But what makes a community thrive, and what does a thriving community look like are questions that will have different answers and meanings depending on who you ask.   Our lives and […]

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Letter from the Executive Producer

Letter from the Executive Producer

A greeting from behind-the-scenes, and a vision for uplifting solutions in our communities.

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