The 2022 national infrastructure bill presents a historic opportunity to provide universal access to wellbeing through the built environment. Through a wellbeing lens, we can heal past harms and guide new, equitable infrastructure investments.
We participated in an important conversation about how incorporating wellbeing and resilience into infrastructure investments. We discussed ways to promote structural and social investments alongside changes to the built environment, programming and operations.
For change to be sustained, transforming our systems must center community and what matters to people. Three leaders driving change in their communities discuss what it means to center community in ways that recognize, respect and authentically engage people.