November 2021 Newsletter: Big Budget, Bright Future
Bigger Budgets Citywide Mean New Opportunities for Lasting Impact The 2022 New York City budget, bolstered by American Rescue Plan funding and higher than expected tax revenues, means new opportunities for NYC agencies and service providers. The trick, though, will be...
Composing a Rendering: 5 Tips from an Insider
Urban planners, landscape architects, architects, and designers of all kinds use renderings as a way to show clients conceptual ideas for a given space. This allows the audience to visualize a range of elements from aesthetics to function. While every firm and...
August Newsletter: Celeste is a Crain’s New York Notable Woman Business Owner!
Crain’s NY Recognizes Celeste Frye as a Notable Woman Business Owner In recognition of Celeste Frye’s leadership throughout the pandemic and over the past 10 years, as well as her commitment to supporting her local communities, Crain’s New York has honored Celeste as...
Why you should get involved in planning processes
Public Works Partners takes community engagement seriously. We’ve crafted dozens of strategies to engage populations who have been historically underrepresented in the public planning process, built community buy-in, and implemented strategies that incorporate diverse...
How the Public Works Team is Celebrating NYC this Summer
A deep love for New York City is one of the unifying forces that has brought many of us to Public Works Partners. As we look to the summer, we are all feeling ready to go out and celebrate the City, from the food and nightlife scenes we’ve all missed to the social...
Open Streets & Jane Jacobs
During the week of May 10, New York City Mayor, Bill de Blasio, unveiled a series of transportation and open space-related policies and announcements through an initiative called Streets Week! As part of this effort, Mayor de Blasio announced that the Department of...
Department of Transportation Announces Lime, Veo, and Bird for E-Scooter Pilot
In an update on our earlier article on scooter accessibility and the exciting efforts to bring a new form of micro-mobility to the city, the Department of Transportation has made its selection for who will lead the pilot program. The three companies selected, Bird,...
Business planning for a mission-driven world
Last summer, Public Works Partners was engaged through the Criminal Justice Investment Initiative (CJII) to support Drive Change, an organization that runs a paid Fellowship for formerly incarcerated youth launching their careers in the food sector, as they developed...
What is Public Works Listening To?
Are you hitting a wall with your listening habits? We were. So we asked for recommendations from the best source we could think of: the Public Works team. Read on for some thought provoking and fun podcast and music suggestions. Podcasts Favio - Earn Your Leisure...
What Are Public Works Partners Making In The Kitchen?
While some prefer to take advantage of the extensive NYC restaurant scene and order in, most of the Public Works team has been mixing up a storm in the kitchen. The number of cooks outnumbers bakers. Below we have outlined some of the yummiest creations they have...