Transform and innovate:
Thought partnership
Idea generation
Problem solving
Market awareness
Storytelling
Opportunity assessment
Site search and site analysis
Project feasibility and analysis
Research and synthesis
Emergent strategy
mplement and operate:
Needs assessment
City and regulatory agency collaboration
Constituency building
Consultant Team Formation
Design Management
Programming
Construction Management
Public private partnerships
Multi-stakeholder visioning and design
Sustain, maintain, and evolve:
Operations and maintenance planning
Public art and new patrons programs
Long-term planning and urban design
Audience development
Strategic communications
Nonprofit management
Together Projects turns ambitious visions into solutions for the real world.
“Social infrastructure” is just a fancy way of talking about all the spaces and institutions that allow people to connect, care, and prosper equitably together in society. We like this definition the best:
Public institutions such as libraries, schools, playgrounds, parks, athletic fields, and swimming pools are vital parts of the social infrastructure. So too are sidewalks, courtyards, community gardens, and other green spaces that invite people into the public realm. Community organizations, including churches and civic associations, act as social infrastructures when they have an established physical space where people can assemble, as do regularly scheduled markets for food, furniture, clothing, art, and other consumer goods. Commercial establishments can also be important parts of the social infrastructure, particularly when they operate as what the sociologist Ray Oldenburg called "third spaces," places (like cafes, diners, barbershops, and bookstores) where people are welcome to congregate and linger regardless of what they've purchased.”
Eric Klinenberg, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
You can view some case studies and real-word examples of social infrastructure development in our portfolio.