Hester Street Collaborative

Avenue of the Immigrants

Hester Street is an urban planning, design and development nonprofit organization that supports neighborhoods shaped by the people who live in them. It offers technical assistance and capacity building to community-based organizations, private firms and government agencies on land use decisions, neighborhood plans, design and community development projects.[1] Its projects contribute to equitable, sustainable and resilient neighborhoods. The organization was founded in 2002 as Hester Street Collaborative and has been doing business as Hester Street since 2017.

Programs

Hester Street supports neighborhoods shaped by the people who live in them through three programs:

Neighborhood Planning + Design

Hester Street designs and implements participatory planning for community and neighborhood development. It integrates data analysis and technical planning skills with inclusive, interactive community engagement, resulting in concrete community benefits.[2] Its staff design maps, activities, graphics, toolkits and other popular education tools to gather and disseminate information, demystify complex processes and inspire action plans for vibrant, equitable communities.[3]

Community Facility Development

Hester Street plans and manages community facility development projects for community-based organizations. It provides technical assistance to plan projects, conducts spatial needs assessments, performs zoning and site analyses, identifies sites, facilitates property acquisition, assembles financing and manages design and construction while guiding partners and their stakeholders through a participatory design process.[4]

Capacity Building

Hester Street provides workshop/program development and train-the-trainer popular education workshops to community-based organizations and public agencies that are advancing equitable, sustainable and vibrant neighborhoods where under served community voices lead the way.[5][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Visit to the Met Could Cost You, if You Don't Live in New York". Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  2. ↑ "In New York, a Neighborhood Makes a Pre-Gentrification Plan". Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  3. 1 2 "These Planners Stepped Away From the Spreadsheets and Into the Community". Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  4. ↑ "Mayor de Blasio Announces CreateNYC: A Cultural Plan for All New Yorkers". The official website of the City of New York. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  5. ↑ "The City Parks Putting out the Welcome Mat for Immigrants". CityLab. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
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