About DA

Design Assist is supported by the three-year Bush Ecosystem Grant program.

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• Fund BIPOC undergraduate and graduate research assistants,
• Seed a co-design project that addresses the childcare crisis in Minnesota
• Contribute to research on community bias against people experiencing homelessness
• Provide design assistance to the diverse community in Minneapolis’s Root District
• Support the creation of a solar commons in Bois Forte tribal community
• Show how the West Bank Business Association can create a new community facility
• Launch a non-profit that creates tech hubs for youth who lack access to technology
• Continue to support two non-profits we helped launch, dealing with homelessness
• Enable an MDC affiliate to pursue funding for his design-focused youth initiative
• Explore strategies for mobility hubs in Grand Rapids related to its autonomous shuttle
• Convene city, county, and park board planners to coordinate public works projects
• Develop a human-centered, non-credit design certificate for adult learners
• Conduct workshops related to the impact of the pandemic on diverse communities
• Look at how the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals affect development here
• Complete work on an NSF-funded study of autonomous-vehicle-ready streets
• Study what a regenerative future for a rural community – Warren – might look like