Forefront
The Forefront Fellowship is dedicated to cultivating emerging leaders in urban design, development, policy, and advocacy.
Our seventh Forefront Fellowship re-envisions how we keep our city clean.
Our sixth Forefront Fellowship explores how to foster food equity in every New York City neighborhood through the built environment.
Our fifth Forefront Fellowship explores how to support MWBEs and workers of color, expand worker cooperatives, and democratize economic resources to build a more inclusive economy.
Our fourth Forefront Fellowship explores how urban practitioners can advance climate justice principles across New York City.
Our third Forefront Fellowship explores how we can design shelters, intake centers and supportive housing to turn the tide on homelessness in New York City.
Our second Forefront Fellowship explores how urban design can strengthen historic and emerging immigrant communities.
Our inaugural Forefront theme explores how new civic technologies are transforming the management and operations of the public realm.
Join the 2022-2023 Forefront Fellows to explore new approaches to waste that support our health, climate, and communities.
On June 28, join us to learn more about our 2022 Forefront Fellowship, New Loops.
On June 16, join Kate MacKenzie and the 2021 Forefront Fellows to discuss new work on neighborhood food systems.
On March 31, Forefront Fellows hosted a discussion on how decentralized community food hubs can support food equity.
On March 17, Forefront Fellows hosted a discussion on how zoning, land use, and urban development impact neighborhood food security.
On March 3, Forefront Fellows hosted a discussion on expanding the sharing economy among New York City food actors
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
