FAQs

Yes. Many partners come to us at the “we know something needs to change, but we're not sure how” stage — that’s our favorite place to begin.
Absolutely. We help clarify vision, test ideas, and turn concepts into grounded strategies, pilots, and projects.
Yes. We design and facilitate meaningful engagement that builds trust, strengthens outcomes, and deepens community ownership.
Yes — we partner across sectors, from grassroots teams to city agencies, philanthropic organizations, and developers.
We support strategic planning, urban planning, research, cultural programming, capacity-building, and community-centered public space activations. If the project fits with our ethos, we’ll take it on.
Yes. We help teams realign around values, sharpen mission and direction, and design pathways for organizational focus and impact.
We approach engagement with humility, curiosity, and care. We take time to understand people and place, and we center relationships every step of the way.
We are continually learning and evolving our practice to ensure care, equity, and cultural integrity in everything we do.
We do. We scope projects to fit needs, phases, and capacity — and we often build flexible options for emerging initiatives.
Give us your budget and we’ll build a scope that fits.
Yes — we assist with identifying funding pathways and crafting narratives and proposals.
We are based in Philadelphia and collaborate nationally on projects aligned with our mission and values.

Not sure where your idea or challenge fits?

Reach out. Many of our best projects started with a question and a spark.