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This summer, ten high school interns became a force of change in their neighborhood. Over the course of a seven-week program, Youth CoLab interns were able to design and implement an urban activation at a prominent neighborhood resource in the South Side of Columbus. Through this process, interns gained experience with professional practice, explored the design process, and saw their ideas come to life...

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A Round of Applause for Jack Decker’s 10 Years of Service

As NDC celebrates 38 years of service, we would also like to take a moment to celebrate 2020 Busser Award recipient, Jack Decker. The Busser Award recognizes the contributions to the evolution and advancement of the mission, role and sustainability of the Neighborhood Design Center. After a decade of service to the Neighborhood Design Center, Columbus attorney Jack is stepping back. His expertise has been incredibly valuable to the continual growth and success of NDC, and ma

#DiscoverNDC with Kerstin Carr

To celebrate 38 years of ensuring design as a right, not a privilege in communities throughout Central Ohio, we spoke with Kerstin Carr about her contributions as Vice President on the NDC board. Kerstin leads MORPC’s department of Planning & Sustainability and has been with MORPC for 14 years. Her team provides and promotes collaboration, technical assistance, and regional planning initiatives related to active transportation, the natural and built environment, transportatio

#DiscoverNDC with David Brehm

To celebrate 38 years of ensuring design as a right, not a privilege in communities throughout Central Ohio, we spoke with Board President David Brehm about his involvement with NDC. Watch the video to hear David explain his interest and passion for serving as Board President. He discusses the importance of NDC’s work and mentions some recent projects we’ve completed. #DiscoverNDC

Project Spotlight: Public Art Continues Conversations on Diversity and Inclusion

In keeping with themes of student experience, collaboration, and equitable design as part of our #DiscoverNDC series, we wanted to take a...

Staff Spotlight: Sketching Still a Significant Skill

As part of our #DiscoverNDC virtual open house, we’re exploring many aspects of the iterative community design process, one of which is...

Project Spotlight: Partnerships Envision Re-Development Possibilities

LC Johnson, Zora's House (L) and Erin Prosser, Campus Partners (R) In celebrating 38 years of ensuring design as a right, not a privilege...