http://envisioningdevelopment.net Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:59:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thinking About Sale Prices with UHAB The Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB) uses the interactive NYC Income Map as part of their resources to help Housing Development Fund Corporations appropriately price their units in New York City. As UHAB explains, setting sale prices at affordable levels not only provides much-needed ... http://envisioningdevelopment.net/news Envisioning Development at Sgt. Dougherty Park Last Sunday, Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG) teamed up with the School of the Future for an al fresco affordable housing workshop in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Participants used the Affordable Housing Toolkit to visualize housing costs in Greenpoint/Williamsburg and talk about the efforts there to ... http://envisioningdevelopment.net/news ‘Demystifying Affordable Housing’ with the Fifth Avenue Committee Our pals at the Fifth Avenue Committee used the Affordable Housing toolkit to hold a series of bi-lingual workshops explaining the key concepts behind affordable housing. The sessions went into city and federal definitions of affordable housing, the difference between affordable and ... http://envisioningdevelopment.net/news Envisioning Development at Hunter College Our friends over at the Municipal Art Society got to work with the Affordable Housing Toolkit at Hunter College as part of the Livable Neighborhoods Training Program. The 4th annual event brought nearly 150 New Yorkers together this year to build the skills needed to ... http://envisioningdevelopment.net/news Affordable Housing Guidebook Honored by AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers Competition! The Affordable Housing Toolkit's “What Is Affordable Housing?” Guidebook has been selected as part of the “AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers” competition - a collection of outstanding book and cover designs for the year 2009! The book was designed by Glen Cummings ... http://envisioningdevelopment.net/news Envisioning Development with the Housing Conservation Coordinators Lucas Shapiro of Housing Conservation Coordinators and West Side Neighborhood Alliance used the Affordable Housing Toolkit to lead an interactive workshop at their new space in Manhattan on Thursday. They discussed existing affordable housing on the West Side, and used the toolkit to ... http://envisioningdevelopment.net/news Envisioning Development on the West Side! Our buddies at Housing Conservation Coordinators and the West Side Neighborhood Alliance are using the Affordable Housing Toolkit for a community workshop tonight! I'll post in their announcement below: When is housing really "affordable"? Interactive workshop on April 8th! Join Housing Conservation Coordinators and West Side ... http://envisioningdevelopment.net/news Thank You, New York City! Thanks to everyone who attended our Affordable Housing Toolkit Launch Party or one of our eight , count 'em, EIGHT workshops over three days at our pop-up space on the Lower East Side. It was especially fantastic to meet new housing advocates, developers, city officials, policy ... http://envisioningdevelopment.net/news Envisioning Development Launch Extravaganza! On Thursday, February 25, join CUP at our pop-up workshop space on the Lower East Side and get to know the Affordable Housing Toolkit. The launch party will feature a thrilling demonstration of our interactive felt chart, a video screening, a mini-store replete with CUP’s latest and ... http://envisioningdevelopment.net/news Envisioning Development in Lower Manhattan Our pal Michael Levine from Manhattan Community Board 1 invited CUP to give a zoning workshop for his urban development and planning students at Pace University. We brought out the blocks to talk about zoning for use, zoning for design, zoning for bulk, and how FAR ... http://envisioningdevelopment.net/news