North Lufkin Neighborhood - Community Centric Design
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2017-05
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Texas Target Communities worked with the T.T.L. Temple Foundation and non-profit organization, Impact Lufkin, to design a community center space where residents could have access to resources they needed and a place to enjoy recreational activities.
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In the moderate-sized east Texas City of Lufkin, the T.T.L. Temple Foundation and non-profit organization, Impact Lufkin, began with a vision to make a difference in their community. Their goal was to provide the predominantly low-income area of northern Lufkin with space where residents could have access to resources they needed and a place to enjoy recreational activities. Together, these two organizations sought out the technical assistance of Texas Target Communities and the Texas A&M College of Architecture to aid in the design and development of what would become the North Lufkin Neighborhood Resource Center.
The vision for the North Lufkin Neighborhood Resource Center was to create a space that was at once innovative, relevant, and meaningful to the community. With community-centric design principles as a guide, the goal was to develop a design solution that reflected the unique characteristics and values of the community while providing them with the resources they needed.
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North Lufkin