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YARD to join panel at Racial Equity Summit

YARD’s Kevin Wright will be participating in a panel discussion at the St. Louis Racial Equity Summit on November 10th. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Together we Rise: The Power of Community’ and the panel discussion is titled ‘Transforming Neighborhoods through Resident-led Planning’.

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YARD Moves In

YARD moved to its new Cincinnati HQ in September. Located in the city's Over-the-Rhine neighborhood between Findlay Market, Vine Street, Washington Park and TQL Stadium, the location is not only walkable and bikeable for most of our team, it provides a living laboratory for learning, inspiration, testing new ideas, and collaboration with our partners. The new space houses our studio, a flexible event space, a popup retail storefront and a side yard that will be periodically activated with various concepts.

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YARD to Keynote Regional Design Competition

YARD’s Kevin Wright will be delivering the keynote presentation at this year’s We Create community design competition in Springfield, Missouri. During the competition community members will come together to explore creative solutions to the many challenges facing the city.

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Join YARD at St. Louis Design Week

YARD’s Ed Sharrer will be joining a panel and workshop during this year’s St. Louis Design Week. The title of the session is Loutopia Panel & Play and will highlight the recent activation of DUC Park. This example will illustrate how design and creativity can shape our shared public spaces!

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Join YARD at this year's Ohio CDC Association conference!

YARD’s Daniella Beltran will be joining a panel at this year’s Ohio Community Development Corporation Association’s annual conference. The session is all about what racial equity looks like in community development and will be available both virtually and in person.

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Join YARD to help Pittsburgh neighborhood demonstrate a safer street

The Mount Washington Community Development Corporation (MWCDC) is working with the team at YARD & Company and Pashek MTR to run a two-week demonstration project that tests a redesigned street intersection at a critical location in the neighborhood’s business district.

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Campaign launched to better connect Elkhart region

The Community Foundation of Elkhart County, together with its community partners and YARD & Company have kicked off its campaign to better connected the communities of Elkhart County, Indiana. The effort is part the team’s development of an implementation strategy to build a world-class multi-modal trail and on-street pathway network.

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Join YARD at APA Pennsylvania!

YARD Principals Joe Nickol and Kevin Wright will be presenting in two sessions at the Pennsylvania APA Conference in October. The first session will be a mobile workshop of YARD’s street calming demonstration project in Pittsburgh’s Mount Washington. The second session will be focused on YARD’s Adaptive Place Toolkit.

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