professional volunteers needed, Community Design Collaborative

Posted by on August 14, 2011

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 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.

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

CONTACT US & GET INVOLVED

Questions?
Please contact us at 215-587-9290 or by email at [email protected]. Thank you for your interest in volunteering with the Collaborative and we look forward to working with you soon!

Learn more…
Visit our website (http://cdesignc.org/) or check out our blog to stay up to date on the Collaborative’s ongoing work. You can also follow us on Facebook or join our group on LinkedIn.