Excited to kick-off this year CARE: Community Alliance for Regional Equity - pilot program in collaboration with Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, CNT & @wedaylight working with inaugural CARE cohort. More at: cmap.illinois.gov/programs/commu…

Meeting community where they are! With the @brownsvilleischoice team we created a mobile HQ that has facilitated meeting residents where they are at, and hosting different planning workshops, events & activities around the International Southmost neighborhood #Brownsville.

We created the "CARING IN PUBLIC" booklet with NeighborSpace to capture the research, key insights and strategies for telling a more complete story while bringing visibility to community gardens as social infrastructure. Supported as part of the Partnerships Lab Central Park

Thank you to all community members that joined Community Meeting 2 for the Milwaukee Avenue Urban Identity Study hosted on Wednesday, March 29 at Avondale Logandale Elementary. Stay connected & visit: chicago.gov/milwaukeeave Chicago DPD @sitedesigngroup

Work with us! Applications for Design Internships open until April 28. Visit our website for more information and online application form: borderless-studio.com/contact-o

Work with us! Join our team as Full-Time Urban Designer. Visit our website for more information and online application form: borderless-studio.com/contact-o

Excited to kick-off Overton's Community Garden this Season! Meet & join the team on Saturday, May 20, 11am-2pm Sign up at: bit.ly/OvertonGarden Destiny Brady / Programming Design Kenya Davis / Community Engagement Lucero Flores / Garden Stewardship #CreativeGrounds

Many conversations with residents in #Brownsville prioritized feeling safe and comfortable walking around the International / Southmost neighborhood – every community deserves walkable, safe and beautiful streets @bronwsvilleischoice

Thank you IIDA and neocon_shows for including our perspective in this conversation - join @paolaguirreserrano & design leaders in this featured panel "Beyond Futurism" neocon.com/programming/ke…

Join the Overton Community Garden! Saturday, June 24, 11am-2pm This year the Overton Community Garden project is centered around collective healing. Let's grow, care and nurture the garden while exchanging practices of regeneration and peace for us to heal together.

Meet Magaly Valladares (she/her) ✨ design intern working this Summer in San Antonio  with us! Magaly was born and raised in San Antonio, and currently an undergraduate architecture student at the University of Texas at San Antonio @utsa_architecture. Welcome Magaly!

Join PARTY this weekend at Wonder of Words Literary Festival! In collaboration with #PullmanArts & featured artist William Estrada William Estrada Sat July 29, 12-3pm Dr. Conrad Worrill Track & Field Center 10201 S Cottage Grove Ave #PublicArt #Chicago #GreaterRoseland #Pullman

Honored to collaborate with Aspire Center project ACT.chicago @westsidehealthauthority to design a historic signage installation for the Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation (former Emmet School closed in 2013) #Austin #Chicago Photos: @sandysteinbrecherphotography

The Transformation Plan for the International Southmost community in Brownsville, TX envisions multiple types of housing for the diverse households compositions, and healthy and active outdoor spaces #BrownsvilleIsChoice #ChoiceNeighborhoods #urbanplanning #community #design

Grateful for two years of working with the International Southmost community in #Brownsville #Texas @brownsvilleischoice (2022-23) Excited for next steps and implementation! ✨

Two-years of meetings, events, workshops and activities focused on listening, interpreting and translating the community vision for the International Southmost Transformation Plan @brownsvilleischoice

Community collaboration and community voices were at the center to shape a collective vision for the International Southmost Transformation Plan @brownsvilleischoice

Excited to work with Park City Communities and the City of Bridgeport in the Transformation Plan for the Greene Homes & The Hollow Neighborhood. Photos from recent visit by HUD Choice Neighborhood Initiative team. One more collaboration with our dear friends from COLLABO

Thank you Destiny Brady & Lucero Flores for all the energy, love and care you brought to Overton last year!  We are seeking for new team members! Programming Coordinator + Garden Steward For more information visit: creativegrounds.org/contact

Did you miss our last Community Day? Catch up at creativegrounds.org/happenings Mark your calendar for next weekend - Saturday, October 19, 11-3pm Overton Exchange POP (4927 S Indiana Ave) Photos: Joe Ignatius #CreativeGrounds #Bronzeville #Chicago