June 22nd, 2010 |
The Collaborative has released a report presenting the dozens of design concepts developed at its Industrial Sites: An Interim Reuse Charrette. The charrette challenged four teams to design temporary uses for vacant industrial sites selected by the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation and the New Kensington Community Development Corporation.
The charrette provoked a new sense of fun and folly toward an often intractable problem. The results focused on temporary, low cost, high impact solutions which can help reclaim, repurpose, and raise the profile of vacant industrial sites in neighborhoods throughout the country. Read More »
June 9th, 2010 |
By Lee Stabert
A plan is powerful. Lines on a page are often the first step towards realizing the transformation of a space, or a neighborhood. The Community Design Collaborative is driven by this idea.
“Design is not a luxury,” explains Executive Director Beth Miller. The organization was founded in 1991 by a group of architects and planners who wanted to improve Philadelphia neighborhoods. For 20 years, the Collaborative has been coordinating pro-bono preliminary design services for community groups, helping them realize their ambitions while offering pragmatic council.
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April 20th, 2010 |
Urban Land Institute Foundation Announces $86,000 In Funding Through Community Action Grants Program
Four Winners of Semi-Annual Awards Announced at ULI Real Estate Summit in Boston
WASHINGTON (April 15, 2010) – Four grants have been awarded in the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) semi-annual funding of its community action grants program. Through the program, created over five years ago, the ULI Foundation Fund has raised money to be distributed as grants to district councils or ULI members on behalf of nonprofit organizations for entrepreneurial programs that aim to improve urban growth in their communities.
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