Banking on Borrowed Land

Land trusts, on the other hand, have traditionally managed larger, often rural tracts of land for conservation purposes. Today, most communities with vacant and underused land are communities of color. As new funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 unleashes unprecedented resources to address blight through capital improvements, landscape architects can support the messy prospect of delivering the benefits of land stewardship more directly to people. Is there a way for these worlds to intersect?