OUR WORK
We help partners move from neighborhood knowledge to implementation through plans, tools, maps, workshops, reports, and public-facing strategies grounded in place.
WORK BY SERVICE
DATA + TOOLS
Mapping, spatial analysis, civic technology, dashboards, documentation tools, data storytelling, and stewardship models.
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Mapping, spatial analysis, civic technology, dashboards, documentation tools, data storytelling, and stewardship models.
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PLANNING + ENGAGEMENT
Neighborhood strategy, resilience planning, environmental justice analysis, cultural planning, facilitation, and implementation roadmaps.
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Neighborhood strategy, resilience planning, environmental justice analysis, cultural planning, facilitation, and implementation roadmaps.
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COMMUNICATIONS + DESIGN
Reports, visual identity, storytelling, workshop materials, public-facing translation, and design systems for community-rooted work.
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Reports, visual identity, storytelling, workshop materials, public-facing translation, and design systems for community-rooted work.
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FEATURED PROJECTS
Selected work across neighborhood planning, spatial analysis, emergency preparedness, cultural memory, and public-facing strategy.
OVERVIEW
A district-scale strategy translating fieldwork, spatial analysis, and stakeholder priorities into actionable recommendations for climate resilience, housing, environmental justice, and public realm investment.
A district-scale strategy translating fieldwork, spatial analysis, and stakeholder priorities into actionable recommendations for climate resilience, housing, environmental justice, and public realm investment.
CLIENT
NYC Council District 21
NYC Council District 21
LOCATION
Corona, East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights
Corona, East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights
SERVICES
Neighborhood strategy, spatial analysis, engagement, report production
Neighborhood strategy, spatial analysis, engagement, report production
OUTCOME
The final strategy gave the Council office a clear set of recommendations to bring into agency conversations, capital planning, and future policy work.
The final strategy gave the Council office a clear set of recommendations to bring into agency conversations, capital planning, and future policy work.
WHAT WE WORKED ON
01 — Air quality monitoring
02 — Stormwater + green infrastructure
03 — Housing + land use
04 — Vendor markets + El-space activation
OVERVIEW
A conceptual framework for a living, sacred landscape that connects memorial space, ecological restoration, interpretive pathways, and Afro-diasporic spatial traditions.
A conceptual framework for a living, sacred landscape that connects memorial space, ecological restoration, interpretive pathways, and Afro-diasporic spatial traditions.
CLIENT
Design Trust for Public Space / Van Cortlandt Park Alliance
Design Trust for Public Space / Van Cortlandt Park Alliance
TEAM
Sunsum Collective
Sunsum Collective
SERVICES
Cultural planning, design strategy, storytelling, visual communication
Cultural planning, design strategy, storytelling, visual communication
APPROACH
The project explores how landscape, ecology, public memory, and stewardship can support a more visible acknowledgment of the enslaved African histories embedded within Van Cortlandt Park.
The project explores how landscape, ecology, public memory, and stewardship can support a more visible acknowledgment of the enslaved African histories embedded within Van Cortlandt Park.
WHAT WE WORKED ON
01 — Memorial landscape strategy
02 — Ecology + ethnobotanical planting
03 — Public memory + stewardship
OVERVIEW
A community-rooted preparedness planning effort that transformed local knowledge, trusted networks, and spatial information into accessible emergency planning resources.
A community-rooted preparedness planning effort that transformed local knowledge, trusted networks, and spatial information into accessible emergency planning resources.
CLIENT
Brooklyn Level Up
Brooklyn Level Up
LOCATION
Flatbush, East Flatbush, Flatlands
Flatbush, East Flatbush, Flatlands
SERVICES
Mapping, data infrastructure, technical assistance, preparedness planning
Mapping, data infrastructure, technical assistance, preparedness planning
OUTCOME
The work supports The Flats Rising COAD in planning, coordinating, and responding to emergencies on their own terms.
The work supports The Flats Rising COAD in planning, coordinating, and responding to emergencies on their own terms.
WHAT WE WORKED ON
01 — Community resource mapping
02 — Needs assessment + data structure
03 — Emergency planning tools
SPOTLIGHT 04 · QUEENS · PLANNING + ENGAGEMENT
OVERVIEW
An interactive walking tour celebrating the people, places, and institutions that shaped Black life in East Elmhurst and Corona.
An interactive walking tour celebrating the people, places, and institutions that shaped Black life in East Elmhurst and Corona.
CLIENT
Office of Council Member Shanel Thomas-Henry;
The Metropolitan Art Society of NYC
Office of Council Member Shanel Thomas-Henry;
The Metropolitan Art Society of NYC
LOCATION
Corona & East Elmhurst, Queens
Corona & East Elmhurst, Queens
SERVICES
Cultural preservation and public history engagement, digital mapping and wayfinding design, print collateral and public exhibition materials,
OUTCOME
The project demonstrates how mapping can strengthen community memory, support cultural preservation, and make local history more visible in the public realm.
The project demonstrates how mapping can strengthen community memory, support cultural preservation, and make local history more visible in the public realm.
WHAT WE WORKED ON
01 — Walking Tour Route Map (Digital + Physical)
02 — Event Communications (Digital + Physcial)
03 — Walking Tour Facilitation