Ideas to Impact: Shaping & Sustaining Place with VCDC

VCDC invites you to a different kind of gathering celebrating our 35th anniversary. This is not a traditional anniversary event. It is an interactive, hands-on morning focused on how creativity and partnership help move ideas into real community development outcomes.

For decades, VCDC has partnered to turn ideas into real housing outcomes and community impact. This morning builds on that legacy by bringing together the people, perspectives, and practices that make progress possible.

At a time when our field is being asked to do more with less, the ability to think differently, form unlikely partnerships, and move ideas into action has never been more essential. The most impactful solutions are not built in silos. They are built together.

Through a keynote from Noah Scalin, a collaborative hands-on activity, and stories of impact from practitioners who have translated creative thinking into real-world outcomes.

This is a space to connect across roles and sectors, test new ways of thinking, and strengthen the relationships that move the work forward.

This gathering is designed for community development practitioners, housing professionals, funders, creatives, and partners across sectors who are shaping and sustaining place.

• A fresh perspective on how creativity supports placemaking and placekeeping
• Real examples of partnerships that moved ideas into action
• New relationships for future collaboration
• A tangible creative takeaway

Location Sponsor: Studio Two Three

Info: Casual networking with an interactive question to spark conversation

Info: The interactive program brings together a keynote, hands-on activity, and shared stories to spark creativity, connection, and new ways of thinking.

Info: Continued networking to close out the event.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Studio Two Three, 109 West 15th Street, Richmond, United States

Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.

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