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Here's how the Community Design Collaborative's design services are serving communities, supporting the architecture and design professions, and demonstrating the value of good design.
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The Future Unfolds at Overbrook Environmental Education Center
In 2004, the Collaborative worked with the center’s founders, Jerome and Gloria Shabazz of JASTECH Development Services, Inc., to re-envision a gritty former quarry on Lancaster...
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A strong finish for Miracle on Seventh Street
The Collaborative’s entry in the 2019 AIA Film Challenge finished fifth out of 68 entries for the People’s Choice Award, with 2,044 votes and over 7,500 views! We’re proud that...
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It's a Wrap for Sacred Places/Civic Spaces
It's a wrap for Sacred Places/Civic Spaces... but you can tap into our resources and results anytime! The Community Design Collaborative and Partners for Sacred Places have...
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Playing for the Future in Allegheny West
Making a project model from bottles, a Styrofoam cup, and a ballet shoe. Drawing a vision and spending the following week “getting real.” And designing and building a mobile mini-...
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Storytelling inspires infill development for Mantua
Michael Thorpe, executive director of Mt. Vernon Manor CDC, is a born storyteller. His stories about growing up in Mantua were the guiding force behind an ingenious design study...
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$250,000 DCED Greenways Grant for Carnell School
In 2017, the Community Design Collaborative was tapped by the Oxford Circle Christian Community Development Association (OCCCDA) to remake Carnell Elementary School’s asphalt...
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