Design Workshop Foundation

The Design Workshop Foundation is pleased to announce it will partner with Lawndale Pop-Up Spot in Chicago, and Austin Parks and Recreation with @Central Texas Interfaith in Austin, Texas for its 2024 Community Capacity Building Initiative. Both groups will collaborate with the Design Workshop Foundation, including planners and designers from Design Workshop Inc. to receive pro-bono design, planning, and placemaking expertise. Through this effort, design teams will work closely with the community leaders and stakeholders to advance action to overcome environmental challenges, with a goal to grow more equitable, resilient, and inclusive spaces. We'll assist Lawndale Pop-Up Spot with their “Reimagining 16th Street” initiative, transforming a half-mile of vacant lots and abandoned buildings into walkable hubs of retail, housing, education, and beauty. In Austin, we'll work with PARD and CTI to develop a scalable framework to activate parks and build community health and well-being, including engagement options, partner identification, and marketing solutions. Learn more about these exciting projects through the link below. https://lnkd.in/gyANmQwY

Join us July 25th for our next live webinar "Designing Change: Supporting Grassroots Advocacy and Coalition Building for Climate Resilience" with speakers Sarah Konradi PLA, ASLA of Design Workshop Foundation and Jevon Taylor of Green Dot Coalition and Green Spaces. 1.0 PDH – HSW. To register and learn more: https://lnkd.in/eZTHHdH8

We are incredibly excited to announce that we were awarded the 2024 American Society of Landscape Architects Community Service Award. It is such an honor to collaborate with communities and make a lasting impact with the lives around us while looking forward and shaping a better future together. https://lnkd.in/g8hvtVx5 #communityserviceaward #asla #2024honorsrecipient #forwardthinking

Flash back and take a deeper look into our history. In the early 2000s, DW Foundation began efforts to bring professional design services to communities that historically have not had access, socially or financially, to professional landscape architecture and planning services. DW Foundation has delivered a variety of pro bono design activities over its 20-year history, including a diverse range of projects aimed at community improvement, environmental stewardship, youth engagement, and organizational support across various regions and demographics. #history #dwfoundation #designservices #planning #community #engagement #flashback

The Foundation is working alongside Design Workshop to provide professional planning and landscape architecture services to produce a master plan package for the Aspen Camp of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (located in Snowmass, Colorado). This master plan will focus on providing guidelines for improvements on the 17-acre site. Our main focus is upgrading site wide ADA accessibility, a firetruck turnaround, parking, trails, and creating a vision for nature education, sports and active recreation, learning and education, and arts and culture. #masterplan #communityengagement #snowmass #colorado #aspencampofthedeafandhardofhearing #aspen #siteimprovements #resources #planning #landscapearchitecure

Social resilience is the cornerstone of our work, fostering strong communities that can overcome challenges and thrive together. It's the collective strength we rely on to innovate, adapt, and build a brighter future for all. #socialresilience #strongcommunities #worktogether #innovate #adapt #brightfuture #designworkshopfoundation

If you missed our Technical Assistance Webinar lead by Executive Director Sarah Konradi, head to the link below for a recording of the session. Here's your reminder that the deadline for applications for the Community Capacity Building Initiative is just 10 days away! Make sure to apply by 7pm MST on May 10th. Webinar Recording: https://lnkd.in/gc5vvzwY Application: https://lnkd.in/gcSSmKvC #technicalassistance #webinar #applicationdeadline #recording #applytoday #executivedirector #capacitybuilding #may10

Many hands make light work. We can't wait to work together and support communities in the Austin, TX and Chicago, IL areas with our Community Capacity Building Initiative. A friendly reminder that the application deadline is just over 2 weeks away! Click on the link below to apply! https://lnkd.in/gcSSmKvC #application #houston #chicago #community #capacity #building #initiative #reminder #applicationdeadline #worktogether #designreview #resources #designworkshopfoundation #nonprofit

Thrilled to see these NE Houston Collaborative partners receive significant investment to advance their climate justice work, including community resilience hubs and a hub home network!

Interested in learning about how our Community Capacity Building Initiative has impacted communities in the past? We worked with Kinston Teens, a nonprofit organization with a mission of empowering young people through service, leadership, and civic engagement. They lead efforts in voter registration and engagement, leadership skills training, community development, and crisis response. DW Foundation supported visioning and helped build equitable opportunities in East Kinston (considered the most economically disadvantaged census tract in North Carolina), by co-developing strategies in real estate, organizational growth, programming, and partnerships. We shaped this plan through community feedback, historical development analysis, and facilitating conversations with stakeholders. If you or an organization/community you know is interested in applying to the 2024 Community Capacity Building Initiative, head to the link below! Application deadline is May 10th, 7 pm (MST). https://lnkd.in/gsQTcneF #2024communitycapacitybuildinginitiative #designworkshopfoundation #capacitybuilding #communityengagement #kinstonteens #visioning #nonprofit #northcarolina #applytoday #equitabledevelopment