Urbane

urbane development (urbane) is a community development venture and certified mbe based in new york city. founded in 2008, urbane cultivates innovative solutions to build dynamic neighborhoods and positively impact underserved communities. we envision neighborhoods that are defined by their strengths and experienced as places of opportunity and innovation. urbane leverages the advantages of for-profit enterprise for community benefit by focusing on strategies that generate wealth and resource capacity for communities. the urbane team utilizes decades of community development expertise to plan, design, implement and evaluate strategies to elevate the communities in which we work. our core competencies include community engagement, business development, market intelligence and insights, program design and development, organizational capacity building, and place-based investment and development. all our work is framed by a participatory action research (par) approach, allowing us to fome