| Annual Contracts | |
|  | Federal Home Loan Bank Affordable Housing Program The CDCP helped FHLB staff revise the AHP application to include a new Design & Construction category, and evaluate annual submissions on the basis of design, construction methods and materials that result in higher quality projects. |
|  | Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh Mainstreets Program The CDCP staff provide design assistance to individual property owners in connection with business district revitalization planning in selected city neighborhoods. |
| Recent Contracts | |
| | A+ Schools Vacant School Building Reuse Project Working with A+ and Cool Space Locator, the CDCP developed a process to assist the Pittsburgh Public School District with the sale and redevelopment of closed school buildings. |
|  | Carnegie Mellon University Department of Architecture: Urban Lab As an adjunct faculty member, Anne-Marie Lubenau taught a fifth-year urban design studio that focused on community design in Pittsburgh’s North Side. |
|  | Chatham College Department of Landscape Architecture: Design Studio Along with Chatham College staff, Jason Vrabel is teaching a community based design studio with projects in Pittsburgh neighborhoods. |
| .jpg) | Pittsburgh Parking Authority Parking Garage Renovations The Pittsburgh Parking Authority hired the CDCP to assist its staff with planning exterior and public space improvements to its Fort Duquesne/Sixth and Smithfield/Liberty garages. The CDCP helped with development of the scope of work, consultant selection, and managment of the design process. |
|  | Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Design Town Hall Meeting The CDCP helped PPND and Southwestern PA LISC organize and coordinate a Town Hall Meeting on Community Development attended by over 300 people. |
|  | Pittsburgh Department of City Planning Baum-Centre Planning Initiative City Planning engaged the CDCP to assist with facilitation of community input during the planning process, and development of the planning document.
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|  | Saint Vincent College Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media The CDCP assisted with the development of a building program and design criteria which provided the foundation for moving forward with the national design competition and development of the facility. Project Sheet PDF |
|  | Southwestern PA LISC Pittsburgh Community Development Network Newsletter With LISC and the Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Development, the CDCP produced an electronic newsletter highlighting the value of design in place-based, community development, as well as local and national best practices. |