About this Sacred Place Mount Street Gardens began life as a burial ground for the nearby Church of St. George’s Hanover Square, built between 1921 and 1925, as there was no room for an adjacent plot on the site. The Grosvenor Estate sold the land for well under its potential value at £315 in 1723….

Ark and Dove Presbyterian Church seeks to establish a Sacred Place on their campus at 8424 Piney Orchard Pkwy, Odenton, MD 21113.  The project site on the campus includes a large field, surrounded on three sides by a forest, and a parking lot on the remaining edge.  The site offers opportunities to take advantage of…

Requity Community Gardens is located in the Mathew Henson neighborhood of West Baltimore. The vision is to establish a living classroom and healing environment for the neighborhood.  Requity will be collaborating with Carver Vocational High School, one of the oldest trade schools in America, to create the space and plan for integration into the school’s…

House of Hope – Hippo Park is located at the back of House of Hope Presbyterian Church in St. Paul, MN.  This area faces Portland Avenue, extending north to Interstate 94.  This larger neighborhood is diverse both economically and racially. We envision a disciplined participatory community design process, especially engaging families and children. The process…

Cooperative Community Development, Inc. (CCD) is a Baltimore-based nonprofit focused on creating an architecturally beautiful, healthy, diverse, cohesive community of choice built on mutual respect. They believe all in the City of Baltimore share responsibility to foster inclusivity and embrace diversity – from race, gender, and sexual orientation to economic, educational, and housing choice. The…

Cooperative Community Development, Inc. (CCD) is a Baltimore-based nonprofit focused on creating an architecturally beautiful, healthy, diverse, cohesive community of choice built on mutual respect. They believe all in the City of Baltimore share responsibility to foster inclusivity and embrace diversity – from race, gender, and sexual orientation to economic, educational, and housing choice. The…

Belmont Commons Cultural Park is located in the Belmont community of West Philadelphia.  A Sacred Place would help to facilitate healing in the Belmont Community by providing a much-needed play space for the youth and also serve as an outdoor green space for adults. At it’s completion, Belmont Commons Cultural Park will house a play…

“The George Phillips Jr. Community Center provides support to all people, their families, and friends who seek to sustain recovery from substance use disorder, free from stigma, in an environment rich in support services.  Anchored in the heart of Anne Arundel County, the George Phillips Jr. Recovery Community Center is a recovery-oriented sanctuary, providing peer-based…