After 15+ years with Radian & Placematters, Ken Snyder is Moving onto New Adventures
About 18 months ago, Placematters, the nonprofit I started and developed over the course of 14 years, merged with Radian. Both Tim Reinen and I were excited about the opportunity to combine Placematters’ planning and engagement work with Radian’s architecture and...
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Radian’s New Shared Space in Five Points
In June 2018, we were displaced from our office. At first we were frustrated, then we got creative... We are so excited to introduce you to our new affordable workspace in Denver for community-serving organizations to connect, collaborate and create positive...
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5 Nonprofits to Support on Colorado Gives Day
Colorado Gives Day on Dec. 4th is an annual statewide movement to celebrate and increase philanthropy in Colorado through online giving. At Radian, we are big believers in collaboration over competition, in the idea that as a whole, we can create more impact than we...
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The faith community steps up to move the needle on the housing crisis
"We are in the midst of an affordable housing crisis in Denver. And with great crisis, comes great opportunity." - David Bowers This month, we hosted Washington D.C.-based David Bowers from Enterprise Community Partners to challenge affordable housing norms and...
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Designing Creative Solutions for Local Food Challenges
Last week, our Director of Programming Ken Snyder led a design thinking workshop at The FreshLo Convening, an annual gathering of community leaders working towards a food system that is fresh, local and equitable. The interactive session looked at applied strategies...
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Meet Tiny Wonderful: Q&A with Our Tiny Home on Wheels
What if all people had access to attractive public spaces where they can gather, connect, shop, meet, and play? What if all communities had accessible and low cost tools to help them create those vibrant and engaging places? Tactical urbanism or popup design...
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Our Fall Reading List: Urban Planning Classics
Here in Colorado, fall means catching a glimpse of the aspens changing to a shade of yellow that doesn't quite exist anywhere else in the world. Once the leaves have fallen, we then anxiously await any chance of snow and first tracks. During this in between season,...
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One year later: Beloved Community Village is a success
In response to Denver’s housing crisis, Radian partnered with the Colorado Village Collaborative to move forward and scale creative approaches to housing vulnerable members of our community. Beloved Community Village, a tiny home village for people experiencing...
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Using pop-up design to: ACTIVATE 38
The placemaking field is growing rapidly, and successful pop-up techniques (also known as tactical urbanism) are revolutionizing planning and design across the country. Pop-up design helps users access and interact with familiar public spaces in new ways by...
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