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’.
Read MoreYARD’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.
Read MoreYARD’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!
Read MoreYARD’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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreYARD 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.
Read MoreYARD & Company, in partnership with the City of Westwood, KS, the Mid-America Regional Council, Bike Walk KC and Trekk Design Group are excited to announce ‘Reimagine 47th Place’; an interactive design charrette and street demonstration project aimed at engaging stakeholders about the future design of 47th Place between Rainbow Blvd. and State Line Rd.
Read MoreYARD is launching a new retail testing program in partnership with our partners at The College Hill Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation, the Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. Foundation and the Kolar Experience Institute. The initiative is aimed at connecting local entrepreneurs with affordable retail space, while bridging community wants and needs with what’s possible in the marketplace. The initial OurShop program will activate two storefronts in Cincinnati’s College Hill neighborhood.
Read MoreCornerstone Corporation and Invest STL have engaged YARD & Company to help develop a resident-led reinvestment plan in the West End neighborhood of St. Louis.
Read MoreYARD Urban Designer Daniella Beltran will be joining an Urban Land Institute Women’s Leadership panel on July 22nd.
Read MoreYARD Principal Kevin Wright will be joining our partners at the Town of Vienna, VA at the Virginia APA Conference later this month.
Read MoreYARD Principal Joe Nickol will be joining recent project collaborators at the Project for Public Spaces’ Walk Bike Place Conference later this week. The panel will explore key take aways and lessons from the award winning Open Norfolk initiative and the Baltimore Design for Distancing Guidebook.
Read MoreYARD Principal Joe Nickol, joins a panel at this year’s national conference to discuss the ways COVID-19 is changing how we think about urban growth and development.
Read MoreYARD Principal Joe Nickol, joins a panel at this year’s national conference to discuss the ways COVID-19 is changing how we think about urban growth and development.
Read MoreYARD Principal Joe Nickol leads a discussion with Urban Land Institutes Oklahoma to share YARD’s experience helping business districts create new connections and safe activity while spatial distancing.
Read MoreYARD Principal Joe Nickol joins a panel at the Michigan Municipal League’s annual convention to share YARD’s experience helping business districts safely reopen and adapt to the new normal.
Read MoreYARD Principal Joe Nickol leads a discussion with Urban Land Institutes Oklahoma to share YARD’s experience helping business districts create new connections and safe activity while spatial distancing.
Read MoreYARD Principals Kevin Wright and Joe Nickol join two panels at the Project for Public Spaces’ Walk Bike Place Conference to share how YARD’s Demand Discovery approach inclusively shapes neighborhood commercial districts and multi-modal streets.
Read More
