Please see the below for volunteer opportunities for professionals to assist with developing a plan for much needed greening of the school yard at Lea Elementary (47th and Locust). Interested volunteers should contact Heidi Levy at [email protected] Thanks!
Amara Steering Committee Chair West Philly Coalition for Neighborhood Schools https://sites.google.com/site/westphillyschools/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Hincher <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 11:47 AM Subject: [W. Philly schools] Fwd: FW: Collaborative Volunteer Opportunities Summer '11 To: [email protected] Everyone, If you know any of the following professionals - landscape architects, civil engineer, stormwater management consultant, and cost estimator - please let them know that the Coalition and the Community Design Collaborative are looking for design volunteers to assist us in greening the play yards at Lea Elementary School (see full email below). We are excited about this opportunity at Lea, but it can only happen if the Collaborative has volunteers for the project. Volunteers should contact Heidi Levy at [email protected] Thanks, David Hincher (aka Lucy's Dad) *From:* Community Design Collaborative [mailto: [email protected]] *Sent:* Friday, August 05, 2011 11:11 AM *To:* David Hincher *Subject:* Collaborative Volunteer Opportunities Summer '11**** ** ** **** [image: CDC_HEADER 20th Anniv Eblast 2]**** *Announcing the Community Design Collaborative's * *Volunteer Opportunities: Summer 2011***** *Applications Being **Considered** for Service Grants ****They have not yet been awarded******* The Community Design Collaborative<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CommunityDesignColla/17417a9cbd/5fc42fa34a/0387ff7f9e>is currently reviewing applications from the following nonprofits who have applied to receive preliminary design services in our third round of service grants for 2011. All candidates will be notified of their selection by * 8/31/2011* and all selected projects are scheduled to begin in *September, October or November.***** *Quick! Tell Us Your Volunteer Interests* Please review the list below and respond via email if you're interested in working with us on any of these potential projects. You may consider listing several options in case your first choice does not get selected during this round. *Don't wait- we have limited volunteer slots available and project teams fill up very quickly!* *New to the Collaborative? Submit a Volunteer Application* If you are interested in being matched with a project team in the future, be sure to submit a Collaborative Volunteer Application form online. We cannot place you on a volunteer team without this information! You can use this same form to keep us updated if your contact information has changed- email address, work/home address, new professional registration, etc. **** PROJECT REVIEW MEETINGS**** *Please join us for our bi-monthly Project Review meetings* You'll hear informal presentations by current volunteer teams on their in-progress work and have the opportunity to provide valuable design feedback. Mark your calendar and bring a brown-bag lunch. *Upcoming Project Review meetings:* Tuesday, August 16 & September 6 & 20 from 12-1:30pm Center for Architecture, 1216 Arch Street, First Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107 *All new volunteers are required to attend one Project Review meeting as an initial orientation and prerequisite to being placed on a project team.***** SERVICE GRANT CANDIDATES**** *TYPICAL SERVICE GRANT PROJECTS * *Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia*, South Philadelphia Safe Corridors for Healthy Neighborhoods: Conceptual design for creating safer, innovative bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure in Philadelphia neighborhoods *Volunteers needed: planners, landscape architect, traffic engineer* *Congregation Beth'El, *Lower North Philadelphia (Fairmount) - 1431-33 Brown Street Conceptual design for affordable senior housing *Volunteers needed: architects/intern architects, cost estimator** Friends of Coxe Park/Evolve Foundation Inc.*, Center City - 2134 Cherry Street Conceptual master plan for park renovation *Volunteers needed: landscape architects, playground consultant, civil engineer/stormwater management consultant, cost estimator* *Friends of the Blue Bell*, Darby, PA (Delaware County) - 1000 Main Street Conceptual design for the renovation of an historic building for community use *Volunteers needed: architects/intern architects, structural engineer, MEP engineer, roofing consultant, historic preservationist, cost estimator* *Hansberry Garden and Nature Center/Kelly Elementary School, *NW Philadelphia (Germantown) – 5116 Pulaski Avenue Conceptual master plan for creating a sustainable site for John B. Kelly Elementary School *Volunteers needed: landscape architects, architect, structural engineer, civil engineer/stormwater management consultant, cost estimator** **Plays & Players**, *Center City –1714 Delancey Place Conceptual master plan for facility improvements for an historic theater *Volunteers needed: architects/intern architects, historic preservationist, exhibit designer, structural engineer, MEP engineer, cost estimator** **The Neighborhood Center**, *Camden, NJ (Camden County) –278 Kaighns Avenue Conceptual master plan for renovation of their social services campus *Volunteers needed: architects/intern architects, landscape architect, planner, historic preservationist, MEP engineer, cost estimator** **West Philadelphia Coalition for Neighborhood Schools/The Enterprise Center CDC**, *West Philadelphia – 4700 Locust Street Conceptual design for transforming the Lea Elementary School schoolyard *Volunteers needed: landscape architects, civil engineer/stormwater management consultant, cost estimator** **SPECIAL INITIATIVE *(*Firm Volunteers Only*) *Urban Energy II **Design Charrette* To be presented in conjunction with AIA's Design on the Delaware conference on November 9, 2011. Program and site are to be determined. Volunteer team will prepare and present background information for the charrette, as well as lead the charrette design teams. *Volunteers needed: landscape architecture, sustainability/stormwater management, cost estimator* **** OTHER OPPORTUNITIES **** *Call for Volunteers* *Design in Action 2011| ACD/AAO/A+DEN CONFERENCE*, Center City October 9-11, 2011 The Collaborative is hosting Design in Action 2011, a joint meeting of the Association of Architecture Organizations/Architecture + Design Education Network & Association for Community Design. We will need your assistance with coordinating and staffing sessions and events during this 2 day event. 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Every Saturday @ 4 p.m. All, regardless of parental status, are welcome: 8/6: Malcolm X Park, Pine-Larchwood, 51st-52nd --> meet on the little kids' side by the space ships 8/13: Barkan Park, Hansen (1/2 block west of 49th) & Spruce --> tiny enough that you can just ask other people if they are there for WPCNS 8/20: Cedar Park, Baltimore between 49th and 50th --> tiny enough that you can just ask other people if they are there for WPCNS 8/27: Clark Park --> meet at the Tot Lot by the dinosaur
