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Design Sprints: Building Creative Capacity

Learn more: https://www.vanalen.org/project/desig... "Design Sprints: Building Creative Capacity" was developed in collaboration with the NYC Department of Small Business Services' (SBS) Building Creative Capacity initiative. In Spring 2025, Van Alen Institute partnered with SBS to activate vacant storefronts, providing community-based organizations with capacity building and design support. Through project design and strategic planning, they addressed storefront vacancy in creative ways. The Grand Street Business Improvement District (BID) is a nonprofit community development organization creating a vibrant commercial district along Grand Street in Brooklyn through advocacy, beautification, and sanitation efforts. They collaborated with branding and digital designers L&L Studio, ReFrame Architecture, and artist Sylvia Riveros to transform a large vacant corner storefront in Brooklyn. Their storefront window activation featured an interactive art project highlighting the East Williamsburg community. As the oldest anti-displacement organization in the United States, Cooper Square Committee works with residents to preserve and develop affordable, environmentally-healthy housing and community and cultural spaces on the Lower East Side. They collaborated with artist Delphine Le Goff and graphic designer Scott Kelly to activate their storefront window on East 4th Street and two vacant storefronts located in a Housing Development Fund Corporation (HDFC) cooperative — a type of affordable housing co-op that’s collectively owned and operated by residents. Together, they highlighted the history of HDFCs and the small businesses situated in them, and create a digital map showcasing local businesses. This initiative is supported by the NYC Department of Small Business Services. Film: Jason R.A. Foster