Community planning is essential to the development, growth, and strengthening
of any neighborhood. It guides the physical framework of neighborhood
revitalization, growth, and/or preservation. The Center brings community
residents and organizations, and government agencies together to analyze
community assets and challenges, and develop alternative urban designs
and plans to foster community dialog. Through the faculty’s and students’
multi-disciplinary expertise in urban planning, architecture, and urban
design, the Center addresses a broad range of issues including: the community’s
regional and local infrastructure and open space, the neighborhood’s
utilities, places of business, housing, shops, playgrounds, schools, and
other neighborhood institutions. Likewise, the Center considers the proposals
within the real world of financing, politics, and approvals.
