Hamilton Rainscape Learning Lab
The Hamilton Rainscape emerged from community plans to address blight and stormwater issues. The location and elements of the design were selected through a community engagement process that brought together residents and the designers throughout the development of the project. Residents, ECN staff, and InSite Design Studio came together to create a beautiful open space…
Read MoreFriendly Fence
The Friendly Fence implementation on Stahelin was a part of a larger resident-led vision for the street. Stahelin Ave. had a very active community of engagement surrounding the street to help maintain vacant homes, and advocate for the demolition of dangerous properties. The Friendly Fence lot treatment was selected because this specific lot was in…
Read MoreField Temple Forest Patch
Field Temple is working in their community to create a meditation space that cultivates beauty, refuge, and tranquility and is accessible to all who walk in the neighborhood. They practice Buddhist philosophy and currently hold meditations, community gatherings, and storytelling at the lot. Field Temple plans to use their grant to install the Forest Patcher…
Read MoreBeautiful Borders
Beautiful Border designs are easy to install and manage ornamental gardens featuring perennial flowers that will be sure to wow neighbors while providing environmental benefits like attracting pollinators and beneficial insects, creating habitat for migratory birds and managing stormwater runoff. At 25 feet long by 7 feet wide they’re designed to fit perfectly along the…
Read MoreWalnut Way
The Walnut Way Conservation Corporation established itself as a resident-driven, community development nonprofit by reclaiming a vacant building and planting peach trees. Since that first revitalization and planting in 2006, the Lanier Heights nonprofit has blossomed into managing more than 100 urban agriculture sites. Profits from harvesting and selling hundreds of pounds of peaches, cherries,…
Read MoreVision Russel
Three vacant lots owned by Louisville Metro Government were selected to be transformed into new Russell neighborhood amenities, and one additional vacant lot was cleared and landbanked for future use. This vacant lot behind Sweet Peaches restaurant at the corner of 18th Street and Muhammad Ali Boulevard has become a community outdoor kitchen and gathering…
Read MoreJericho Road Projects
The Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initative partners with additional New Orleans nonprofits, including Tulane City Center, Master Gardeners of New Orleans, Central City Growers Coop, Recirculating Farms Coalition, Pistol & Stamen Flower and Farm Studio, and the LSU Ag Center to reviatlize vacant and abandoned properties. Jericho Road collaborates with local groups to identify and…
Read MoreUrban Arboreta
Urban Arboreta is an innovative and community-driven model for transforming vacant lots into hybrid spaces for nursery production, green entrepreneurship and neighborhood use, improving the ecological, social, and economic health of a neighborhood by serving as a platform for community-based job training, local economic development and neighborhood engagement. More about this project >
Read MoreThe Village Community Garden
The intent of the Village Community Garden is to provide food and education while meeting the needs of the community’s youth and their families. The community garden supports aeroponics technology as well as traditional agricultural practices. It is a place where youth can come to work, learn together, and engage in productive and empowering horticultural…
Read MoreSustainable Communities Initiative
Cooperation Jackson has purchased vacant lots, abandoned homes and commercial facilities in the West Jackson neighborhood surrounding our central hub at the Balagoon Center. These properties and prospective properties are currently owned by the State of Mississippi, the City of Jackson, and private owners. Cooperation Jackson stewards land into a Community Land Trust so they…
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