Leverage 2025

The Community Design Collaborative hosts Leverage annually to support our mission partnering with communities to envision the environments where they live, work, play, and thrive.

This year’s theme, Framing Future Impact, reflects how design can spark lasting change, block by block, project by project. Your ticket supports the Collaborative’s mission to turn community visions into design solutions

The Community Design Collaborative is thrilled to honor John W. Chin, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation, with the 2025 Leverage Award! This award recognizes local leaders who have strengthened neighborhoods through design and led transformative community development in the region.