Community Design Collaborative

Join us Tuesday, June 18, 2024, from 5:30-8:30 pm at the Center for DesignPhiladelphia,1218 Arch Street, as we Celebrate Our Home – Our Neighborhoods at LEVERAGE 2024! This year we honor Prema Katari Gupta, CEO of Philadelphia’s Center City District and Executive Director of the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation, Cherri Gregg, WHYY Anchor and Afternoon Co-host for Studio 2 Podcast will emcee the event, featuring special awards for notable community design projects in our region. LEVERAGE 2024 will highlight local cuisine from our neighborhoods. Guests will be invited to embrace their creativity by adding a unique touch to our event’s signature cocktail: Developer’s Daiquiri, with KLYR. This new rum employs a revolutionary distilling process that promises to redefine the industry. Get your Tickets Now! https://lnkd.in/eNwizCs8

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We are just 2 weeks away from Leverage 2024! Grab your tickets here.. https://lnkd.in/eNwizCs8 Join us Tuesday, June 18, 2024, from 5:30-8:30 pm at the Center for DesignPhiladelphia, 1218 Arch Street, as we Celebrate Our Home – Our Neighborhoods at LEVERAGE 2024! This year we honor Prema Katari Gupta, CEO of Philadelphia’s Center City District and Executive Director of the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation, Cherri Gregg, WHYY Anchor and Afternoon Co-host for Studio 2 Podcast will emcee the event, featuring special awards for notable community design projects in our region. LEVERAGE 2024 will highlight local cuisine from our neighborhoods. Guests will be invited to embrace their creativity by adding a unique touch to our event’s signature cocktail: Developer’s Daiquiri, with KLYR. This new rum employs a revolutionary distilling process that promises to redefine the industry. Get your Tickets Now! https://lnkd.in/eNwizCs8

Join us on Tuesday, June 18, 2024 from 5:30 -8:30 pm at the Center for DesignPhiladelphia,1218 Arch Street, as we Celebrate Our Home – Our Neighborhoods! Honoring Prema Katari Gupta, CEO of Philadelphia’s Center City District and Executive Director of the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation, Cherri Gregg, WHYY Anchor and Afternoon Co-host for Studio 2 Podcast will emcee the event, featuring special awards for notable community design projects in our region. Get your Tickets Now! https://lnkd.in/eNwizCs8

We invite you to support design equity by sponsoring the Community Design Collaborative’s annual fundraising event! Don’t miss this opportunity to Celebrate Our Home – Our Neighborhoods! Community Design Collaborative’s annual LEVERAGE fundraising event supports all we do on behalf of design equity in our region. Our deadline for sponsorship pledges is extended from today Friday, May 10, 2024, to next Wednesday, May 15, 2024.  We hope you will join us as a LEVERAGE sponsor this year! https://lnkd.in/eiHMydhS Add your company to our growing list of sponsors!

We want to invite you to show your support for design equity by sponsoring the Community Design Collaborative’s annual fundraising event! Don’t miss LEVERAGE 2024 – Our Home – Our Neighborhoods, designed to raise critical funds to support the work of Philadelphia’s Community Design Collaborative (CDC). The party takes place on June 18, in CDC’s home at the Center for DesignPhiladelphia, 1218 Arch Street, honoring Prema Katari Gupta, CEO of Philadelphia’s Center City District and Executive Director of the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation as our LEVERAGE 2024 Award recipient. Cherri Gregg, WHYY Anchor and Afternoon Co-host for Studio 2 Podcast will emcee the event, featuring special awards for notable community design projects in our region. The CDC fosters a Philadelphia where design strengthens communities, not just builds structures. We achieve this by providing pro bono preliminary design services to community-centered organizations, particularly those serving underserved communities. LEVERAGE is a fundraiser that allows the Collaborative to continue its mission to partner with communities to envision the environments where they live, work, play, and thrive. LEVERAGE 2024 will highlight local cuisine from our neighborhoods and guests will be invited to add their own touches to the event’s signature cocktail: Developer’s Daiquiri, with KLYR - Clean American Rum. This new rum employs a revolutionary distilling process that promises to redefine the industry. Each year, Philadelphia's best and brightest in the design space join LEVERAGE as event sponsors. This is the most visible way to support the equitable and community-engaged design work that the Collaborative does year-round! Benefits include event tickets, logo placement visible by more than 10,000 individuals across email and social media, live interviews with media sponsors, and more. Kick off your summer by sponsoring and attending this fun networking event -- Support the organization that amplifies resilient neighborhoods by providing Equity by Design! We hope you will join us as a LEVERAGE sponsor this year! https://lnkd.in/eiHMydhS Add your company to our growing list of sponsors!

The Community Design Collaborative is thrilled to announce that Prema Katari Gupta, President and CEO of the Center City District and Executive Director of the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation, has been selected as this year’s recipient of our prestigious Leverage Award. The Award recognizes local leaders committed to strengthening neighborhoods through design and who have led transformative community design and development in the region.

Take the Lane is back for 2024, join the Collaborative and StreetBoxPHL for a happy hour exploring opportunities to expand placemaking in the right of way. Join us and learn how different permits, design guidance, and new plazas transform our city streets.  

This year, we celebrate Leverage on our home turf! On June 18th, 2024 we will host our annual celebration of community and design at Center for DesignPhiladelphia! This unique networking opportunity will welcome professionals to connect while learning about recent Collaborative projects. Save the date and join us for networking, food and beverages, music, and recognition! If you are interested in joining us as a Leverage sponsor this year email sponsor@cdesignc.org to receive your sponsorship packet.

Please join us next Monday, January 15, 2024, for our Volunteer J.E.D.I. Summit! Register here: https://lnkd.in/e3ZQcg8q