Where Connection Cultivates Community
Welcome to Blue City Lab Urban Consulting - helping cities design with intention.
To shape cities where people of all ages thrive through active living, meaningful connections, and a strong sense of belonging.
Purpose
We define a Blue City as an active, healthy, and connected community. At Blue City Lab, we help cities design communities where sustainability, longevity, wayfinding, and human connection thrive. We support cities in reimagining their built environments to foster longevity, vitality, and joy.
Our services are rooted in evidence-based urban design, public health, and behavioral science—drawing inspiration from works such as:
Blue Zones
Walkable City
Happy City
Designing Healthy Communities
The One-Straw Revolution
Making Healthy Places, among others.
Problem
Cities are evolving and understanding that urban planning practices to create sustainable, safe, walkable, shaded, connected communities are not only tied to healthier living, but also longer life spans.
Most communities today are built around lowest-cost, car-first, “highest and best use” suburban principles maximizing street and parking infrastructure and minimizing community features like connectivity, parks, walkability, and community centers and programs.
To see if your community is ready to be a Blue City, take our Ten Question Survey.
