Sustainability Study Tour: U.S. Cities

In partnership with the French Ministry of Culture and with the support the Florence Gould Foundation, the French-American Foundation conducted a study tour to Washington D.C., Baltimore and Cleveland. This trip was the first initiative of a three-year transatlantic exchange focusing on the topic of "Sustainable Cities" during which a French delegation of four practitioners – an architect, real estate developer, engineer and journalist – met with American counterparts at urban planning and development agencies, government agencies, universities, and non-profit organizations to discuss themes such as the rehabilitation of rundown neighborhoods, the revitalization of inner cities and the right-sizing of cities in decline.