After decades of environmental degradation and job loss, Johnstown, PA, is reviving its downtown through a $17 million federal grant-funded investment in its public realm infrastructure. Learn how the community-driven redesign of Main Street and Central Park is spurring economic growth, promoting social resilience, and looking to the future.
Learning Outcomes:
Understand how to apply for and obtain federal grants that support significant public realm infrastructure investment.
Learn about a process of deep community engagement that centered on historically marginalized groups, including BIPOC youth, disability advocates, and veterans.
Explore ways to translate community engagement outcomes into a design where community members can “see themselves.”
Discover the layered opportunities for streetscapes as multimodal, recreational, ecological, and arts corridors.
