On Saturday, December 7, 2019, the DC Office of Planning (OP) and the DC Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will host experts to discuss how historic federal and local exclusionary and racially discriminatory land use policies created housing segregation and shaped opportunity across the District.
JSA's work with community leaders to discuss the future of Georgia Avenue NW in the DC area was recently highlighted in an article in DC Curbed Newsletter. Residents, civic organizations, and small businesses along the Georgia Avenue NW corridor are poised to kick off a long-term planning group that will focus on the southern end [...]
Mencer Don Edwards, CEO of Justice & Sustainability Associates (JSA) was recently recognized by Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser for 20 years of service to the city of Washington DC.
Justice & Sustainability Associates' CEO, Don Edwards, had the pleasure of speaking at Urban Land Institute's annual fall meeting on Friday, September 20, 2019. The conversation focused on one of JSA's most pivotal areas: land use. To create beloved communities for all, people need to be part of the process. Development is not new to [...]
Justice & Sustainability Associates is honored to be mentioned in a recent article by EcoDistricts. We are committed to continuing to work with EcoDistricts on the Innovation Quadrant to bring strong economic prosperity and equitable development to the city of Portland.
He felt attacked, and says so, specifically choosing the word to convey his strength of emotion. Yes, he felt personally attacked. But A.W. “Buster” Lewis also felt that R.E. Lee Memorial Episcopal Church in Lexington, Virginia–his parish–“as I knew it, was being attacked and that we needed to do something about it.”
First of all, Madison Gas and Electric’s recent “community workshop” on its proposed Energy 2030 plan for Madison’s future energy needs was truly a community workshop. With some 200 participants from all over the civic spectrum, heavy on community leaders and inclusive as broadly as you want to define it, including critics of the proposal, [...]
Recently JSA's CEO was featured in an article by Paul Fanlund, a writer for The Capital Times Mencer Donahue “Don” Edwards is regarded as one of the nation’s foremost mediators, an expert in alternative dispute resolution and civic engagement through the business he owns in downtown Washington, D.C. Edwards, who was in Madison this week, [...]
It’s no surprise that Madison is a place where people are actively engaged in envisioning the future of energy generation and transmission. It’s the kind of thing we’re good at here. And the mix of science, technology, creativity and good old-fashioned activism is an attraction many Madisonians find irresistible. But Madison is about to embark [...]
Washington, D.C.-based Justice & Sustainability Associates (JSA) is expanding its commitment to community engagement by partnering with Madison Gas and Electric (MGE), a regulated natural gas and electric utility headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. JSA is designing and facilitating, as an independent third-party, MGE’s upcoming Community Energy Conversations.
