Economic Development
African Cultural Alliance of North America, Inc.
ACANA provides services to support the Woodland Avenue Commercial Corridor, a multi-cultural community including African American, West African, Caribbean, Asian, and Latino residents and businesses. The Collaborative’s volunteers worked with ACANA to engage this diverse community in envisioning streetscape improvements for their corridor. Together, they developed a color palette and graphics to create a unique identity for the corridor. Our volunteers also designed banners, storefronts, street trees and planted bump outs, outdoor display stands, modular furniture, and painted sidewalks to define café and gathering zones.
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The proposed streetscape includes many elements
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Volunteers created a game board to get community feedback
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Streetscape improvements include trees, bump outs, and zones for cafes and gathering
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proposed color palette and graphics
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Branding applied to banners and store signage
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Proposed modular furniture for a key intersection
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Proposed storefront improvements build on corridor branding
