Volunteer design professionals from Stantec and the DeBruyn Group have received the Collaborative’s 2019 Paul Sehnert Award for Community Design. Their work with Oxford Circle...
For decades, public schools have anchored Philadelphia’s neighborhoods. They are places where you meet other parents, make lifelong friends, and expect to send your children and...
National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa has announced that the Community Design Collaborative has received a matching grant. The grant will support The...
Read all about it in Changing Skyline and see Neumann Goretti High School—before and after—in our video.
Neumann Goretti High School, a Catholic college preparatory high school...
As the School District of Philadelphia closes schools throughout the city, communities are confronting a painful reality. How can longstanding neighborhood icons be...
The Collaborative has been chosen to participate in Azavea’s Summer of Maps! This three-month long fellowship gives student GIS analysts the opportunity to perform geospatial...
"You cringe… there’s not an inch of green!" says civil engineer Dan Meier about some of the schoolyards he’s seen as a Collaborative volunteer, “ It’s just this big paved...
Zane North, an elementary school in Collingswood, NJ, is known for its academic excellence and engaged parents. The school wants to grow greener and the Collaborative’s...
The Community Design Collaborative's design assistance got Meredith School on Philadelphia magazine's DIY School Reform honor roll for their plans to green their schoolyard....
