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The Community Design Collaborative is pleased to announce the recipients of its first round of grants in 2004. The nonprofits listed below have been selected to receive preliminary design services.
- East Parkside Residents’ Association, West Philadelphia
Conceptual design for Girard Avenue streetscape improvements
- Earth Rights Institute, Franklin County
Design concepts for an Eco Village with co-housing and a training center
- Holly Street Block Garden Group, West Philadelphia
Conceptual design for the reuse of a vacant rowhouse as office space, a children’s library, and meeting space
- Friends of Ridley Creek State Park, Delaware County
Conceptual landscape plan for a handicapped-accessible nature and history trail
- Fairmount Community Development Corporation, North Philadelphia
Renderings and recommendations for Fairmount Avenue façade and streetscape improvements
- Grace Baptist Church of Germantown, Northwest Philadelphia
Programming study and conceptual design for a new community center
- Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church, Northwest Philadelphia
Assessment and reorganization of existing space to accommodate more community-serving programs (a New Partners/New Dollars congregation receiving services through a partnership between the Collaborative and Partners for Sacred Places)
- Narberth Community Library, Montgomery County
Conceptual design for the renovation and expansion of a community library
- Overbrook Environmental Education Center, West Philadelphia
Conceptual design for an environmental education center using LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards
Early architectural and engineering advice leads to better projects. But it’s often hard for nonprofits to raise funds for these services at the beginning of the development process. The Community Design Collaborative fills this gap by providing pro bono preliminary architectural and engineering services to nonprofit organizations in the Philadelphia region. The Collaborative expects to work with more than 30 nonprofits and provide over $300,000 in pro bono professional services this year.
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