Our history began in 1972, when the Louisville Community Design Center was founded. What started as a humble, focused effort to correct old habits and ways of thinking in urban design and architecture, has transformed over 50 years into Center For Neighborhoods, a community-centered organization that puts neighbors at the center of everything we do. Our work is dictated and driven by our Louisville neighbors, and we consider it our mission to engage with our neighbors to help them build the neighborhoods they dream for themselves.

In celebration of 50 years of connection, community engagement, neighborhood improvement, and community education, we are taking stock of how we got here, our achievements, and where we’re going. Once a week for 50 weeks we will post to our blog in reflection and celebration of our work, and we hope you’ll follow along.