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Urban Policy & Planning

Think Tanks & NGOs

Leadership

Aspen Institute
Thought leadership across many sectors

Racial Equity

Policy Link
Focus on racial and economic equity

Real Estate

Urban Land Institute
Real estate and land use

Public Spaces

Project for Public Spaces
Planning and design of public spaces

Taxes/Tax Policy

Tax Foundation
Independent tax policy non-profit

Governing

Council of State Governments
Non-partisan organization that deals with all branches of state government
National League of Cities
Non-partisan, includes over 2000 US cities
US Conference of Mayors

Policy

Brookings Institute, Cities & Regions Section
Brookings Institute also studies climate, US & international policy and economics
Community Development and Policy Studies
Project of the Economic Research Development of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Urban Institute
Economic and social policy around well-being of people and places