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Lewiston Wins $30 Million Choice Neighborhood Grant!
We received the FANTASTIC news today that U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $30 million Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant to fund the Growing Our Tree Streets Choice Neighborhood Transformation Plan in Downtown Lewiston. We couldn’t be more excited for the Tree Streets community, the City of Lewiston, Healthy Neighborhoods and all the project partners. Congrats to everyone involved!!
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Sarah Kellerman joins Interface Studio in new Chicago office
After years of collaborating with Sarah Kellerman as a sub-consultant on major projects including the Pittsburgh EcoInnovation District Plan, she was welcomed by the Interface team in February as the Chicago Studio Director. Previously at Brailsford and Dunlavey Development Advisors and Sam Schwartz Transportation Consultants, Kellerman brings a unique mix of professional experience to the Interface team.
Read ArticleCollins/Arapaho Transit-Oriented Development and Innovation District Study Wins Unbuilt Dream Award
Unbuilt Dream/Study Award Honorable Mention: City of Richardson Collins/Arapaho Transit-Oriented Development and Innovation District. The team included the City of Richardson, Richardson Chamber of Commerce, Interface Studio, Ninigret Partners, Big Red Dog, Kimley-Horn, Inc., Strategic CommunitySolutions LLC, and Better Block
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Richardson awarded $100,000 grant for mobility improvements in the Innovation District
Richardson will put the money toward a road diet along Greenville Avenue that will remove driving lanes in favor of bike lanes and a pedestrian crossing, Transportation Engineer Daniel Herrig said in the release. The city believes this will better connect Dallas Area Rapid Transit riders coming from Arapaho Center Station to the Innovation District and vice versa.
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Lewiston City Council adopts downtown ‘transformation plan’
Following an initial rollout of the plan in June, the City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to adopt the Choice Neighborhood transformation plan, a comprehensive redevelopment effort focused on the downtown and “Tree Streets” neighborhood.
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Efforts underway to create new revitalization 'road map' for downtown St. Louis
St. Louis business leaders are spending a year creating a road map for downtown revitalization, harkening back to a project from the late 1990s. As Scott Page describes it, if Downtown Now was about creating the dots, Design Downtown STL is trying to connect them. Page is the principal of Interface Studio, a Philadelphia-based firm tasked with helping develop the new plan.
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Kicking Off Richardson’s Innovation District with a Pop Up
Seeing Duck Creek activated through a pop-up park provided a visual sense of opportunity for the area, encouraging more creative and people-oriented development for the corridor’s future. The City of Richardson is currently working on amending zoning entitlements in the Innovation District to promote the type of growth they foresee.
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Lunch Club: Where to eat in Callowhill and Chinatown
Who’s hungry? This #MappyMonday, we decided to have some fun and map our favorite places to grab lunch (and dessert) in the Callowhill / Chinatown neighborhoods near our office. After 13 years in the same spot, we’d like to think we’ve tried it all!
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Richardson Earns Regional Development Excellence Award for Collins/Arapaho Transit-Oriented Development and Innovation District Study
Our Collins / Arapaho Transit-Oriented Development and Innovation District Plan received a Celebrating Leadership in Development Excellence (CLIDE) Award! Shout out to Richardson Redevelopment for their leadership and Ninigret Partners and BIG RED DOG ENGINEERING for their work on the plan.
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Uptown Park Is City's First With Free WiFi, Solar Charging Stations
Pittsburgh’s Tustin Park in Uptown Pittsburgh has gotten new upgrades that are part of implementing our EcoInnovation District Plan, including charging stations and new artistic elements incorporating community ideas. Kudos, PGH City Planning EvolveEA Meta Mesh Wireless Communities HackPittsburgh!
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The power of collaboration: working together for a more vibrant Macon
Thousands of residents engaged in the planning process ✅ Place-based economic development ✅ 80% of strategies implemented ✅ Check out this write up by Knight Foundation about the impact of our work and others in Macon, Georgia, in the past few years. We are so excited to continue our work in Macon, Georgia, with the Macon Action Plan Refresh: the latest update to the Macon Action Plan!
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