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Create the Platform – a Model for the Future

The Global Citizen Center is designing and developing a mixed-use facility that will house the organization, its programs, and the work of a mission-aligned mix of tenants and strategic allies. The facility, by virtue of its architectural design, its scale, and its mix of education, entertainment, and retail offerings, expects to attract high levels of public visitation. This will allow the Center to reach an audience broader than any of its tenants could reach individually, and to engage this expanded audience with its educational and action-oriented programs.

The Center will demonstrate the impact that a physical place and institutional continuity have on efforts to foster environmental and social change. Furthermore, the Center will exemplify through its design, location, and programmatic work a responsible model for sustainable and inclusive community revitalization, such as the model suggested by the current LEED ND (Neighborhood Development) pilot program.

The expected outcomes and success indicators associated with this objective are to:

Give organizations and individuals addressing environmental sustainability and social justice a “home base” – a high quality, affordable place from which to work, as indicated by the existence of the completed Center; and
Galvanize the inclusive revitalization of its surrounding area, while mitigating the negative impacts often associated with gentrification, as measured by the extent and diversity of the surrounding community’s participation in the Center’s job placement programs, enterprise incubator, and other activities.