How can vacant schools be reactivated and become part of their neighborhoods again? The Collaborative organized a design charrette in partnership with the Philadelphia Office of the Deputy Mayor of Economic Development, Community Ventures, Inc., and New Kensington CDC. Over 100 stakeholders envisioned temporary and long-term reuses for Old Frances Willard School in Kensington and M. Hall Stanton School in North Philadelphia.
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