A town seeks to reimagine a neglected breezeway and create an outdoor shaded dining area for people to space out and enjoy each other’s company along with meals from local restaurants. The spruced-up space will also serve as an outdoor venue for area organizations and groups to gather for meetings and events.
A community seeks assistance in creating and revitalizing a green space in the heart of a city so it can reopen and invite the community back into a comfortable space where members can enjoy a vast array of events that will create lasting memories. It's part of a strategic plan to rejuvenate the downtown district making it a destination for residents and visitors alike.
A retreat center that serves wounded warriors/veterans experiencing PTSD, their families, and caregivers as they reintegrate into society is seeking assistance in modifying structures on its property to make them accessible for individuals with mobility disabilities so it can better serve the area’s veterans. Facility repairs and updates are also needed to better serve the veteran retreat guests.
A zoo seeks to enhance and refresh an area filled with animals and hands-on learning activities, dedicated to educating children and their families about the animals themselves, and on the importance of nature conservation. The project will help fulfill the zoo’s mission of connecting children and families with nature and animals.
An elementary school is seeking help with a revitalization and beautification project—including an inspirational large-scale mural and shade structures for outdoor learning—that will help ensure the school campus is safer, cleaner, and more accessible for its students, the majority of whom live below the poverty line.
A community wishes to transform a vacant parcel of land in an overlooked neighborhood into a vibrant community-driven plaza and park. The inviting space will be a destination hub for community members to come together and celebrate the strength of their neighborhood. Built on the ideas of positivity, inclusiveness and belonging, the park will confront and address social, economic, education, health disparities and work to preserve the history and culture of the neighborhood.
The city of Brownsville seeks to renovate a historic bank building and transform it into a new City Hall that will become a community hub that is vibrant, open, and create a sense of pride in the community. The new City Hall, located in the city’s downtown, would serve as a hub for several uses, from housing shared community resources to creating more space for public meetings and gatherings, and ultimately further the development of the city.
A local school wishes to make transformational changes to its space that would allow it to also function as a community fitness center in an effort to instill healthy habits and help combat childhood obesity. The center would feature an outdoor family fitness course and provide after-school and weekend fitness and nutrition courses for students, their families and the community-at-large. A 360-approach includes program integration into the school curriculum as well as health outcomes tracking.
A downtown area at a tipping point in revitalization driven by a community-wide entrepreneurial spirit and town pride wishes to transform a centrally located dilapidated strip of alleyway into an experience-based community space. The outdoor space, which sits in the middle of five prominent historic buildings that have been recently restored, will give community members and visitors a place to congregate and contribute to the town’s strategic transition to an entertainment and economic hub for the community.
A charitable organization that provides limited-income families, adults with disabilities, and seniors with affordable housing wishes to improve its facilities so it can continue to help reduce poverty, strengthen families, and empower communities. Critical repairs and accessibility modifications are needed to ensure the housing and the grounds are safe, accessible and offer dignified housing to individuals in need.