IMPACT 2014

Work by county.

A model of Los Olmos multi-family housing in Raymondville, TX.

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buildingcommunityWORKSHOP is a Texas based nonprofit community design center seeking to improve the livability and viability of communities through the practice of thoughtful design and making. We enrich the lives of citizens by bringing design thinking to areas of our city where resources are most scarce. To do so, [bc] recognizes that it must first understand the social, economic, and environmental issues facing a community before beginning work.

Through a diverse roster of projects, [bc] tackles a range of issues related to the built environment, including city and neighborhood planning, housing, transportation, resource consumption, data systems, and health. [bc] was established in Dallas in 2005 and a field office in Brownsville opened in 2011, and a Houston office followed in 2013.

As the only community design organization working across Texas, [bc] is unique in its approach to community engagement. We form strong relationships through our collaborative design work, educational outreach activities, and social media channels, enabling us to engage with a broad segment of the population. The success of our work is contingent upon reaching those residents not typically sought out by the design and planning community.

CHOICE EMPOWERS

Today, the Trinity River Audubon Center is a place of discovery, education, and tranquility. Yet this location, adjacent to a middle-class African-American neighborhood, has not always been so peaceful. For a quarter century, the City of Dallas turned a blind eye to over two million cubic yards of trash being dumped illegally. This is the story of the precedent-setting environmental law case Cox v City of Dallas Texas, the reclamation of land, and a neighborhood’s fight for justice.

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On April 26, 2014, filmmakers, non-profits, and citizens from across the region went out to talk to folks about the future of the Lower Rio Grande Valley as part of One Day in the LRGV. We chatted with residents of the Linda Vista Estates Colonia about issues surrounding stormwater management and drainage.

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Residents and local architects work together during a community workshop

for DR2 in Houston, TX.

1. A completed RAPIDO disaster recovery home in Brownsville, Texas.

2. The Ark Festival, an Activating Vacancy event, in the 10th Street Historic District in Dallas, TX.

3. A public gallery show of home designs developed for six Houston neighborhoods as a part of the DR2 project.

4. A map of Dallas parks and demographics. Part of the Race & Control of Public Parks exhibit in Dallas, TX.

5. A Little Free Libraries/Libros Libres created by Rick Fontenot (Art Con) with Readers2Leaders in Dallas, TX. 1

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2010Looking at the city by block, as opposed to census tract, affords the opportunity for much closer look at the racial composition of the city; where there are truly mixed areas and where stark segregation remains. This is particularly apparent among white majority. For the most part, areas with 90% of more white residents are heavily insulated from more diverse parts of the city. This is particularly apparent around White Rock Lake and throughout north Dallas. The most significantly diverse parts of the city appear to be towards Mountain Creek, parts of Pleasant Grove, Kleberg and the area along I-30 east of White Rock Creek. Despite some growth in the Hispanic population, many historically black neighborhoods remained majority black in 2010, not just in South and southeast Dallas but also at Hamilton Park and at Roseland Homes, the last remnant of the black Freedmanstown community. The demographics in Elm Thicket and Arlington Park appear to be changing more rapidly. Major linear parks were added to the Dallas system in the 2000s including extensions of the greenbelt along the Elm Fork of the Trinity River, the old Trinity River channel, the Preston Ridge Trail. Large additions to the Great Trinity Forest came under the purview of the Parks Department, as well.

Notes:There was virtually no change in race and Hispanic origin data collection from the 2000 census to 2010 census.

Viendo a la ciudad por cuadra en vez de por zona de censo ayuda a ver la composición racial de la ciudad, donde existen areas mixtas y donde segregación continua. Esto es particularmente obvio entre la mayoria blanca. Areas con el 90% o mas de la población blanca estan fuertemente aislados de las partes mas diversas de la ciudad. Esto se aparenta mas alrededor del lago White Rock y por el norte de dallas. Las areas mas diversas de la ciudad estan junto a Mountain Creek, partes de Pleasant Grove, Kleberg y el area junto a la carretera 30, al este del arroyo White Rock. Aunque la población hispana ha crecido, muchos vecindarios que historicamente han sido afroamericanos se mantuvieron así en el 2010, no solo al sur y sureste de dallas, pero tambien en el parque Hamilton y junto a las viviendas Roseland, los ultimos vestigios de la comunidad afroamericana Freedmanstown. La demográfica en Elm Thicket y Arlington Park aparentan cambiar mas rapidamente. Parques mayores fueron agregados al sistema en los años 2000 incluyendo extensiones junto a Elm Fork y el rio Trinity, el canal Old Trinity, y el recorrido Preston Ridge. Adiciones grandes al bosque Great Trinity fueron puestos en el ámbito de influencia del departamento de parques.

Nota:No hubo ningún cambio en la colección de datos de raza u origen hispano en el censo del año 2000 hasta el censo del año 2010.

Hispanic 71 - 80 %

Hispanic 61 - 70 %

Hispanic 50 - 60 %

Hispanic 81 - 90 %

Hispanic 91 - 100 %

Black 71 - 80 %

Black 61 - 70 %

Black 50 - 60 %

Black 81 - 90 %

Black 91 - 100 %

White 71 - 80 %

White 61 - 70 %

White 50 - 60 %

White 81 - 90 %

White 91 - 100 %

Asian 71 - 80 %

Asian 61 - 70 %

Asian 50 - 60 %

Asian 81 - 90 %

Asian 91 - 100 %

Plurality

Map Features

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Water Body

Trinity River

Creek

New Park in the Last Decade

Park

City Limit 2014

Major Roads

Percentage of Race by Block 2010

Population Total 1197816

White 345205, 28.82%

Black 294159, 24.56%

Asian 33609, 2.81%

Latino 507309, 42.35%

Two or more races 31733, 2.65%

Elm Thicket Park Exall Park Exline Park Kidd Springs Park Pike & Griggs Parks

Park Snapshots & Shifting Demographics

Follow the shifting demographics from 1930 until today around the six parks that are highlighted in the following snapshots. These parks can be the heart of a community or on the line between communities; they can be constant centers of activity or reminder of a once vibrant community. Use the maps on the other side of the gallery to trace demographic shifts in your neighborhood or around your favorite park.

Siga la demografia desde 1930 hasta hoy día alrededor de los seis parques destacados en las siguientes ilustraciones. Estos parques pueden ser el corazón de una comunidad o pueden caer en la linea entre dos comunidades. Pueden ser centros constantes de actividad o recuerdos de una comunidad que alguna vez fue activa. Use los mapas del otro lado de esta galería para ver los cambios demográficos en tu vecindario o alrededor de tu parque favorito.

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Seis parques y sus cambios demográficos

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520 community engagement meetings & events

22022,544

REVENUE

EXPENSES

03% fundraising 13% operations

13% bcFELLOWs

contributed

2014 OVERVIEW

voices heard

42433,936

active projects & initiatives

square feet designed

histories documented

45% fee for service

earned

programs g&a

activating 09% analyzing 08%

informing 07% making 39%mapping 04%

storytelling 04%

foundations 44% individuals 07%

government 02%

[bc]’s RGV office moved into a new space in downtown Brownsville, TX. The space will also serve as a City Design

Center for the Brownsville community.

2014 SUPPORTERS & PARTNERS

A Resource in Serving Equality Advocates for Community TransformationAffordable Homes of South TexasAIA DallasAkin Babatunde & Liz MickelAlejandro FernandezAlendra Lyons, Mill City NeighborhoodAlert Residential InspectionAlphonso SmithAmbiotec EngineeringAndra Johnson, Cornerstone Baptist ChurchAndrew KramerAnn KeenAnne & Brent BrownAustin CDCAVANCEBank of America FoundationBenny WalkerBig ThoughtBrett Zamore DesignCapstone Classic ConstructionCaruth FoundationCatherine CuellarCatlin Whatley, VMLC - West DallasCDC BrownsvilleCDC DallasCDC HarlingenCedric DouglasCentral Dallas CDCChristopher BlayCiti FoundationCIty of Brownsville

City of DallasCity of RaymondvilleCitySquareCommunities Foundation of TexasContectsCNCS, AmeriCorps VISTACrossroads Community ServicesCynthia Wallace, Jerome McNeil Detention CenterDallas CityDesign StudioDallas County Criminal Justice SystemDallas FoundationDallas Public LibraryDan Finnell, Est. 11Daniel & Beshara, P.C.Deedie & Rusty RoseDiana O’Connor & Alpha Thomas, MLK CenterDolphin Heights Neighborhood AssociationDorothea Leonhardt FoundationDowntown Dallas, IncEDCOEloise Lundy Recreation CenterEqual Voice NetworkEric Bartlett, 5g StudioErika HuddlestonFederal Reserve Bank of DallasFord FoundationFraizer Revitalization IncFSG ConsultantsGeorge EllisGlassman Shoemake and Maldonado Golden Gate CDCGray Garmon

Greater Dallas Planning CouncilGroundworks DallasGulf Coast Community Design StudioHealing Hands MinisteriesHocker Design GroupHuitt-ZollarsHunt Institute for Engineering & HumanityHunter HuntIdeal Neighborhood AssociationInterfaith Housing CoalitionIv AmentiJaMonica Washington, Lakewest Family YMCAJeffery BennettJewish Family ServicesJohn SprigginsKadleck & AssociatesKyle TalkingtonLa Union Del Pueblo EnteroLantz Full CircleLaSalle Tippens, KAI TexasLaSheryl Walker, St. Philip’s School and Community CenterLauren Gaffney & Rachel MattesLeonardo Gonzalez Sangri & Scott TaylorLinda JonesLiteracy Instruction For TexasLocal Initiatives Support CorporationLOJO: Jason Logan & Matthew JohnsonLou Nell Simsm+a architecture studioMaggie WinterMC2 Architects & MC2 Construction

McIntyre + Robinowitz ArchitectsMelanie WoodMelissa and Trevor Fetter Family FundMelody BellMEP Systems Design & Engineering Inc.METALABMetro Dallas Homeless AllianceMetrocare ServicesMichael KarnowskiMorgan ChiversNational Endowment for the ArtsNorth Texas Giving DayPatricia CoxPatricia Williams/American Care AcademyPaula Hutchinson, Muncie NeighborhoodPhillip CollinsProyecto AztecaProyecto Juan DiegoPublic ArchitecturePublic Ulitity Board of BrownsvilleRabbleWorkshopRick Fontenot, Art ConspiracyRoger Mainor, Est. 11Ronnie Mestas, Los Altos NeighborhoodRosa E. Lopez, Vecinos Unidos, Inc.Rosie Lee, Marcello PopeRTKLSafeHaven of Tarrant CountySan Felipe de JesusSara Mendez & Isaac CortezSenior SourceShahrzad Rizvi

Shaun MontgomerySherri Mixon, TR Hoover Community CenterSouth Texas Adult Resource and TrainingSouthFair CDCStephanie Chandler, Vogel AlcovestudioOutsideSurdna FoundationSymone ConstructionTaft ArchitectsTammy GomezTexas Association of Community Development Corporation Texas Organizing ProjectTexas RioGrande Legal AidTexas Southmost College Architecture ProgramThe Boone Family FoundationThe Real Estate CouncilThe Senior SourceThe Trinity TrustTisha CrearTMBP|clickTosha Herron-Bruff, Habitat for Humanity Trena & Logan LechleitnerTrinity River Audubon CenterTX A&M Center for Housing and Urban Development TX A&M Kingsville Extension Storm Water Task ForceTX Low Income Housing Information ServiceunAbridged ArchitectureUniversity of Houston, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture Community Design Resource

CenterUniversity of North TexasUT Southwestern Medical CenterUT Rio Grande ValleyVictoria Ramirez, Readers 2 LeadersWorking In Neighborhoods Strategically (WINS) InitiativeYWCA

BOARD MEMBERSStephanie Hunt, ChairBrent Brown, PresidentBetsy del MonteJohn Greenan Michael Sorrell

A community engagement meeting for the Macon Starks senior housing project in the Ideal

neighborhood in Dallas, TX.

Front cover: Jesse and Hugo meet with a future RAPIDO homeowner.

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