Urban Design Center

08/04/2026

Link: https://www.resiliencystudio.com/

08/03/2026

Transforming Visions into Reality!

IT'S WHAT WE DO! 36 years in now, Urban Design Center has facilitated the formation, management and fund development for many nonprofit organizations implementing their vision to positively impact the people and communities they serve.

HOUSING | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT | CHILDCARE | YOUTH DEVELOPMENT | ARTS & CULTURE | HISTORIC PRESERVATION |

The insight we have garnered through our work is that forming an entity is the easy part. Sustaining a complaint 501(c)3 tax exempt nonprofit organization takes a dedicated team and board committed to accountable leadership, outcomes and reporting.

Thus, the modules for this master class are 25% focused on formation and 75% focused on governance, operations and management. Why? Because we want your nonprofit to be of service for many years to come and to thrive!

"Onward & Upward"!
Sherri

Link: https://www.resiliencystudio.com/

08/03/2026

Urban Design Center is very excited to announce the launch of our 3rd annual Art of the Ask Master Class in our Resiliency Studio!

It’s a grant production workspace designed to energize the efforts of organizations to raise more funding to propel their great work!

The goal is to position your team to pump out 1-2 per month! Let’s go!

Sherri Franklin
David Morrison

07/13/2026

Day 1 of Playing Hard - Blue Note LA at the Bowl aka Play Boy Jazz Festival forever!!! Sharing 26 minutes of great music!

07/12/2026

BRAND, MARKET & ENGAGE

During our work with nonprofit organizations, community development corporations and for government agency projects such as with the 6th Street Bridge, we often found that having an online presence and ability to communicate with constituents or clients was an element of outreach that could be greatly enhanced with just a few tools.

GoDaddy noticed that we were working with many nonprofits and government agencies to help them catalyze their outreach and planning efforts so they partnered with us to create a portal where we can systematically help leaders brand, market and engage!

Our GoDaddy powered website hosting, email marketing and MS 365 email management site is called Resilient Brand Marketing Websites 101 - https://www.rbmwebsites101.com

Were able to offer 24 hour customer service to help you get started and to troubleshoot any issues you may have. We recommend that leaders get started with the basics and then we can talk about scaling you to operations driven websites and CRM communications systems.

“Onward & Upward”

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07/06/2026

Urban Design Center has facilitated the development and financing for hundreds of thousands in value! This Legacy Wealth Building shares the step-by-step “how to” process to help small nonprofits and family partnerships to acquire 2 to 20 unit housing developments.

07/06/2026

Meet the Urban Design Center Resiliency Studio Team!!!

07/06/2026

deep dive!!!

07/05/2026

Urban Design Center Resiliency Studio . Link in bio.

07/05/2026

The Resiliency Studio’s Ethos is Rooted in Purpose to Catalyze ‘The How” of Community & Economic Opportunities Across Niche Industry Ecosystems! Link in Bio!!!

The Resiliency Studio was created by Urban Design Center as a space for management and frontline leadership tasked with building capacity, enhancing impact, catalyzing innovation and scaling operations for their organizations and ventures. The Resiliency Studio provides the requisite tools needed for participants to enhance their industry specific technical expertise to move their entities and ventures to the next level and to stay ahead of the curve!