If you stop by the NDC, you’ll probably notice a few new faces around the office. NDC is always fortunate and delighted to have such talented students on our team since their talent, perspective and enthusiasm are truly the engine moving our mission forward. Please help us in welcoming our new (and continuing) interns and stay tuned for more office happenings! SALMA ABDELRAHMAN // ARCHITECTURE Salma is an Architecture student at the Ohio State University. She’s curious about

On the evening of September 19th community members, board members, project partners, city officials, staff, and students gathered to reflect on and honor NDC’s accomplishments over the past year. Throughout the office current and recently finished work was displayed, and those in attendance browsed and discussed the projects with the staff. Many discussions revolved around the HIlltop Community Plan, one of NDC’s most extensive projects in 2018-19. It was a lovely evening of

NDC has been fortunate to provide design services to under-served communities in the region over the last 36 years.  While our work has allowed us to serve the Central Ohio region, Ohio has the unique distinction in that there are four community-based design centers that reach nearly the entire state: The Toledo Design Center (TDC), a nonprofit, advocates for the northwestern region of the state, while the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) and the Niehoff Studio, un

Representing much of Columbus’ West Side, the Hilltop is a historic neighborhood with beautiful homes, intriguing topography, and a business district along W. Broad Street. As part of its focus on neighborhoods, the City of Columbus is investing in a plan for the neighborhood—focusing on people, place, and home. With support from the Department of Neighborhoods, the Neighborhood Design Center attended community festivals, markets, civic meetings, and other special events over

Joined by dozens of project partners, board members, community members, city officials, staff and students — the NDC family celebrated our work at last night’s Open House. Brief remarks were offered at 6pm by David Brehm (current NDC board chair), Isabela Gould (Executive Director), City Council President Shannon Hardin, and Nick Bankston (Project Manager, Dept. of Neighborhoods). Our recent and current projects were featured on boards throughout the space, with a focus on th

The Neighborhood Design Center welcomed members of the International Town & Gown Association (ITGA) to our office on May 29 as part of their annual conference, hosted this year by The Ohio State University and the City of Columbus. Founded in 2008, the ITGA seeks to address challenges and discover opportunities between institutions of higher learning and the communities in which they reside. The NDC played host to the first part of a pre-conference walking tour coordinated by

On April 24, the Linden community gathered at St. Stephen’s Community House to hear a preliminary presentation of concepts developed through public input and engagement starting in March 2017. The presentation gave baseline data for Linden across five topic areas: Education & Workforce, Health & Safety, Transportation, Retail & Small Business, and Housing. The plan concepts were presented as 10 Big Ideas, using an integrated approach that combines multiple community issue are

The end of the academic year is always a little bittersweet with our senior interns graduating and moving on to new adventures. These weeks of May have been full of affectionate goodbyes and more than a few tears. We’re going to miss our interns but we’re excited to see what the future holds for them – and they have some exciting plans! Adeeba Arastu will be in Chicago working on the Ragdale Ring Competition installation with Galo Canizares and a team of OSU students this sum

NDC partnered with local artist Adam Hernandez and the University District to produce this beautiful mural on High Street near High and 13th. NDC designed the text and framework for the new mural, adding a pop of color and “social wall” along one of the district’s major thoroughfares. If you stop by to snap some pictures or take a selfie on your way from Starbucks, tag us in your Insta post (@cbusndc) ! #UniversityDistrict #Community #Columbus #Engagement #Ohio #Design #Publi

Supported by Campus Partners, the Weinland Park Commercial Study was prompted by the Housing Committee of the Weinland Park Community Civic Association and represented a desire that the neighborhood have a well informed voice in the future commercial development of vacant land and redevelopment of existing structures. With increasing pressures from a shrinking housing supply in Italian Village, expanding development of student housing close to The Ohio State University, and a

New Office Space Welcomes Guests During Events Making use of our beautiful new space at 1445 Summit Street, Suite 300, we played host to at least seven events throughout 2017. 4/26/17                 NDC Open House 9/14/2017            Anchor District Organization 10/2/2017            ACUHO-I Foundation Visit 1 10/6/2017            ACUHO-I Association Visit 2 10/17/2017          Knowlton School \ Honors & Scholars 10/30/2017          City and Regional Planning Student As

From taking on new types of projects to getting settled into a new office space, 2017 has been a landmark year for the Neighborhood Design Center. Here are a few select highlights of our activities and achievements throughout the year. Leading the Linden Community Plan Starting in February, the planning process for the Linden Community Plan has been a fantastic opportunity for the NDC to focus even more on Linden and the Cleveland Avenue corridor, an area of focus since our f

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With funding support from the Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing (OCCH), City of Columbus and Columbus Foundation, and additional support from the Affordable Housing Trust (AHT), the Neighborhood Design Center managed the 2016 Parcels to Places program which selected the Community Education Garden on Hawkes Avenue as a grant recipient. The Learning Garden will be used to teach families and children about farming and, unlike Franklinton Gardens’ other sites, will not focus h