Community Project Archive

Category: Refugee Resettlement

  • Transforming Vacant Land into Sites of Food Production

    Started: December 15, 2021

    Urban gardening and farming increase access to food production, which is a basic principle of food sovereignty. Syracuse currently has 29 active community gardens and urban farms and the Greater Syracuse Landbank has approximately [ … ]

  • A Neighborhood Profile of NEHDA's Service Area

    Started: February 15, 2015    /   Ended: June 11, 2015

    In Spring of 2015, Syracuse Community Geography worked in collaboration with the Northeast Hawley Development Association, Inc., a not-for-profit community housing development agency committed to revitalizing and stabilizing Syracuse’s northeast sector. U.S. Census [ … ]

  • Refugee Urban Agriculture Story Map

    Started: August 24, 2014    /   Ended: August 1, 2015

    As a designated refugee resettlement city, the City of Syracuse has welcomed thousands of people from around the world fleeing political persecution, natural disaster and war. Refugees from countries including Bhutan, Burma, and [ … ]