Read the final report from New Loops, our seventh Forefront Fellowship, offering new approaches to waste that support our health, climate and society.
Posted — August 7, 2023
Daniel McPhee shares how we approached recruiting design teams and preparing our partners to choose from among them.
Posted — July 27, 2023
Martha Snow, in our first Practice Notes, reflects on how we found our five neighborhood partners earlier this year.
Posted — July 26, 2023
Urban Design Forum is thrilled to release 73 Ideas for a Healthier New York City.
Posted — July 18, 2023
NYC must tap into its wasted, underutilized, and ignored spaces to reach its Zero Waste goals.
Posted — June 13, 2023
We envision an equitable, circular system for managing neighborhood organics that redefines the relationship between organics and our streets.
Posted — June 13, 2023
Restaurants need incentives and resources to reduce their food waste. The Food Waste Hub makes it possible.
Posted — June 13, 2023
New York City must transition from a “take, make, waste” model into one that uses waste as an opportunity.
Posted — June 12, 2023
New York City can invest in communities to bring healthy and affordable food to every neighborhood.
Posted — June 14, 2022
Urban Design Forum is pleased to release Streets Ahead: Five Routes to a Thriving City.
Posted — May 17, 2022
Expanding the Chinatown Night Market through improved design and new community outreach.
Posted — August 26, 2021
This collection of original projects developed by the Urban Design Forum’s Forefront Fellows addresses how climate investment can spur an equitable economic recovery in New York City. Through Cooperative Works, our Fellows explored how to develop innovative financing for green cooperatives, build community power through hyper-local networks, and scale green entrepreneurship. In the Fall 2020, in […]
Posted — June 17, 2021
Explore new tools for creating cooperative businesses.
Posted — June 17, 2021
Explores how to build community power through connected hyper-local networks.
Posted — June 17, 2021
Learn about Forefront Fellows' partnership with Compost Power.
Posted — June 17, 2021
