Immigrant voters in Elmhurst say they believe its their right to vote, and encourage more immigrants to participate in voting.

There is always a lower turn out at midterm elections, but the demographic group that matters to the most is the one that won’t show up. Men and women between the ages of 20-30 are sparsely sighted at the poll. Why aren’t they showing up?

Participatory budgeting is a process in which the members of a community brainstorm ideas in meetings, which are then articulated into quantifiable capital projects listed on a ballot and voted on. The process is not new in the United States but in recent years it has generated significant momentum in Chicago, Boston and in New York City where communities have a decision-making power of millions of dollars in taxpayer money.

Moving beyond gay marriage, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgeder community looks to the fight for affordable housing for LGBT seniors.

although the legality of Airbnb has been called into questions Millennials are still flocking to it and other examples of the sharing economy for both economic and lifestyle reasons.

Gardens have always been a place of relaxation and a space to reconnect with nature, but they have most recently been applied to a deep neurological use: to cure autism. Schools across the country are embracing horticulture therapy in the form of sensory gardens. Within these gardens, autistic children kinethetically engage with nature by planting, pruning, and harvesting.

The “Green” building trend is continuing to grow in New York and the nation.