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Causes: Community & Neighborhood Development, Economic Development
Mission: The saint paul riverfront corporation will elevate saint paul's quality of life and stimulate economic vitality by championing innovative, sustainable urban design principles for the city and its river valley; and by engaging community in the design process.
Programs: Education - educational opportunities will engage citizens in urban design issues and make high quality design resources and thinking available to all. Design competitions will stimulate innovative solutions to design challenges.
project advancement - at some point every development project needs an advocate. For projects that meet saint paul's standards of urban design, the riverfront corporation will "go to bat" from a platform of urban design expertise, strong community relationships, solid organizational partnerships, and a track-record of consensus building.
community engagement - through community engagement, the riverfront corporation will create "civic ownership" of saint paul's urban design principles - fostering a depth of understanding and advocacy that extends beyond the offices of city planners and urban designers.
design leadership - design leadership is about being proactive - getting out ahead of development to ensure high quality, well integrated projects that enjoy broad public support. The riverfront corporation will advocate for investment in the public realm as a proven catalyst for economic development and private investment.
This organization's nonprofit status may have been revoked or it may have merged with another organization or ceased operations.