Design for Community IMPACT

Our Mission:
Design for Community IMPACT is a campaign designed to inspire leadership, pride and hope in the greater Columbus area. It is our goal that through community revitalization efforts, we will foster an environment of unity and collective responsibility. IMPACT supports Columbus communities by providing resources, forums to discuss ideas and the energy that allows community members to positively impact their own neighborhoods.

Our Foundation:
Design for Community IMPACT was established through a design course at Ohio Dominican University in the Spring of 2010. projectMEEK44 was the campaign’s first effort to move beyond the theories of the typical classroom setting and into the realities of the surrounding community. The project was named after a foreclosed home in the Franklinton area that was brought to IMPACT’s attention through an article in the local newspaper highlighting the blight in the neighborhood. After speaking with neighbors and city leaders, students at Ohio Dominican University choose to take action and join the community of Meek Avenue to develop a plan that would enable local residents to take control of their neighborhood through the cleanup of foreclosed and abandoned homes. ……. We’ll write the rest when it’s done!