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Seventh Hill partnered with Stantec to guide future investments for RTA’s MetroHealth Line bus rapid transit (BRT) line. 25Connects.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f4b04c29f18713f5c4b151/ed6dfc7e-4a2e-44b7-b55d-4da412bba674/MySoutheast+website.png Welcome - Make it stand out MySoutheast Community Visioning Process MySoutheast is a community visioning process to guide collective action with residents, business owners, and other stakeholders of the Mount Pleasant and Union-Miles neighborhoods on Cleveland’s Southeast side. The ultimate goal of our work is to enrich the experience of those that live, work, play, and worship in both communities. The process is led by Shelley Freed from (re)startsmart with community outreach strategy provided by Seventh Hill and support from PAADG Studio. 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CPL150 is an EDRA award winning process to determine the appropriate services that will be offered at CPL's branch locations by 2019, the 150th anniversary of the library. While at CUDC, David Jurca managed the project and developed the design research framework, which resulted in four reports, covering 13 different library branches. www.cpl150.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f4b04c29f18713f5c4b151/1534969543830-IMI2OKR91CDGU5LBJHZN/IMG-0391.JPG Welcome Glenville SUPERSEATS The desire for public seating and picnic areas along Glenville's E. 105th Street emerged from community feedback gathered during the 2017 INDEX Studio. Led by David Jurca and CUDC staff, the design allows users to rotate and flip the modular pieces upside down, forming benches in various configurations. Placed together, the benches create a platform for picnics or performances. Flip them upside down to reveal an undulating ribbon—or a long red cape. The SUPERSEATS are inspired by Glenville as the birthplace of heroes Jesse Owens, Harrison Dillard, and Superman. See more photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f4b04c29f18713f5c4b151/1613484587383-J76R7RC3AU342WW2XY7H/ForTheWinter_2021.png Welcome For The Winter Why design cities that are only appealing during the warmer months? For The Winter is a movement to inspire architects, designers, and all residents to embrace winter weather and collaborate to increase livability in all four seasons. Through publications, design consulting, cultural events, and invited lectures, Seventh Hill strives to inspire cold weather cities to become For The Winter. Follow @ForTheWinter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f4b04c29f18713f5c4b151/1534967591128-O6PMH4ZHKBWB6YUFH16X/OCS_red+yellow+gradient+copy.png Welcome Our Change Story What leads people to change their minds? OurChangeStory.com is a digital platform to better understand this process by sharing individual experiences of change. The online portal invites people of all backgrounds to share their stories about any personal change experience they find meaningful. ourchangestory.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f4b04c29f18713f5c4b151/1534969950995-ENQJXO839QU8NZP3DYPI/59371b265b0b327621f923d0_Cleavlands-first-bike-lane.jpg Welcome Pop Up Rockwell Open to the public from April 21-27, 2012, Pop Up Rockwell was a one-week experiment to test "complete & green street" improvements on downtown Cleveland's Rockwell Avenue. Graduate students in an urban design studio led by David Jurca conducted the research, design, installation, and evaluation of real-world street transformations. Pop Up Rockwell is published in the book Tactical Urbanism and featured as a Context Sensitive Solution case study by the Federal Highway Administration. www.popuprockwell.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f4b04c29f18713f5c4b151/48874376-e343-4940-b038-856f6b1f92f2/CLEVLOT+website+projects+square.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out Cleveland Vacant Land Opportunity Tool (CLEVLOT) Started in 2022, CLEVLOT is a two year process to create a collaboratively-built, open-source database and planning tool to guide vacant land reuse projects and management strategies for the advancement of environmental justice, public health, and quality of life for Cleveland’s overburdened communities. The project is funded by an EPA grant managed by Western Reserve Land Conservancy. Seventh Hill is leading the design process and stakeholder engagement actions for this collaborative work. 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The interactive installation visually enlivens it surroundings, but also invites people to explore within. Several activities have been programmed inside the mobile space, including parties, group yoga, and music performances. Project partners included CUDC and Latent Design. Learn more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f4b04c29f18713f5c4b151/1534966937638-XVFKQG4BMQ46DHB64VKG/coldscapes+book+2.jpg Welcome COLDSCAPES: Design Ideas for Winter Cities Co-edited by David Jurca and Brad Valtman, COLDSCAPES is a book filled with small and large scale projects intended to ignite a creative spark in winter cities. From provocative notions of parking lot "snowscaping" to compact warming huts, the essays envision active public spaces through all four seasons. COLDSCAPES is the sixth volume in the CUDC's Urban Infill journal series. 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The Crooked River Commute is a 50-mile, two-day kayaking journey from Kent to Cleveland along the Cuyahoga River. Participants leave with a changed perception of their local environment. David Jurca led the trip for five consecutive years and the Commute continues under the management of Kent State University. Listen to the WKSU news story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f4b04c29f18713f5c4b151/cd10e9f6-fca9-4b3c-bc7b-cbc219f601a0/768DFC28-C550-4AB1-A7E6-52992CED4D6B+%281%29.JPG Welcome - Make it stand out Our Summit Lake Our Summit Lake is a community process to create a shared vision for land within Akron’s Summit Lake neighborhood. The process is led by The City of Akron with guidance from a Resident Advisory Board comprised of Summit Lake residents. The project timeline includes multiple interactive ways for Summit Lake residents to get involved and share their ideas. Community engagement actions were led by Seventh Hill in collaboration with designexplorr’s Jacinda Walker and Clifford Benjamin Herring from PAADG Studio. OurSummitLake.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59f4b04c29f18713f5c4b151/1629249985876-HD4ROIPRMATWFSNAJXA8/buckeye+road+street_seventh-hill_website.png Welcome - Make it stand out Buckeye Road Refresh Completed in August 2021, Buckeye Road Refresh is a transportation planning project for Cleveland’s Buckeye Road between Woodhill Road and South Moreland Boulevard. The project is a Transportation for Livable Communities Initiative (TLCI), which provides funding to re-imagine critical roads, streets, and corridors that impact the overall health of a neighborhood. Seventh Hill led the community engagement strategy in partnership with local resident Julian Khan and consultant team leader City Architecture. 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