Pomegranate Center prepares communities for the future. We need your help with our future.
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We think every neighborhood deserves to be full of life and beauty. And every person should have the chance to feel connected to their neighbors and the place they live.
The future depends on our ability to work together to find the best solutions, to use resources wisely, and to learn to see our differences as gifts.
Our unique style of community-building combines a creative approach with effective community planning, broad public participation, hands-on learning and leadership development.
When we work together to strengthen our communities everyone wins — the economy grows, health improves, resources are better used, crime goes down, and people are happier.
We work with communities to imagine, plan and create shared public places designed to encourage social interaction and to build a local sense of identity.
People are hungry to participate – under the right conditions. Pomegranate Center is expert at creating those conditions.
We train community members and civic leaders to inspire and engage others to build stronger, healthier, more connected communities.
Through a Facebook contest, Pomegranate Center and Tully’s Coffee awarded the community of Tuscaloosa, Alabama a $100,000 grant for a gathering place, where people can meet, linger, chat and celebrate. Construction will begin in June in Jaycee Park in the Alberta City neighborhood where the April 27, 2011 tornado created massive devastation. Read more about the contest here. To stay up to date on the project, connect with us on our facebook page.
Converting a private Christmas tree lot into a community space for the non-holiday season
Turning a generic green space surrounding a public library into a unique place of discovery for children and parents
Transforming an urban alleyway into a friendly space for personal enjoyment and small celebrations
Adding shelters and a gathering circle to a well-beloved park
We’ve won a Smart Communities Award!
Our 2010 Dig Fund project – the Washington Park Gathering Place in Walla Walla, Washington – has won a Smart Communities award from Gov. Chris Gregoire. We’ve been recognized in the Smart Partnership category for effective partnerships and significant public participation.
Thanks to our partners: Walla Walla Parks and Recreation Department, Commitment to Community and Sherwood Trust.
After 25 years as a non-profit specializing in community building, we’ve learned a lot. A compilation of resources such as the Building Better Communities Guide, case studies from Multiple Victories, articles, videos, annual reports and more can be found on our Publications and Resources page. If there additional resources you’d like to see on this page, e-mail hannah@pomegranate.org.
Click here to access Publications and Resources.
Public Space Rangers (PSRs) are professionals with special powers in the art, design, construction and community development fields. Rangers participate in select Pomegranate Center projects in communities-in-need throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
We match your skills with a Pomegranate Center community project that needs your expertise. In exchange, we offer occasional networking and training programs to keep you up-to-date on our community building philosophies and techniques.
Pomegranate Center and Tully’s Coffee® are pleased to announce Kimberly Conway, of Northport, Ala. as the winner of the 2011 Taste of Community contest. Kimberly’s community will receive $100,000 worth of funds, expertise and supplies to help create a gathering space in tornado damaged Tuscaloosa County.
2011 was a landmark year for Pomegranate Center. We had the opportunity to test our collaborative philosophy in five parallel projects and demonstrated that, when conditions are right, ordinary communities are capable of extraordinary things; that meaningful community projects can be done quickly and with moderate funds; and that people, given a chance, are eager to jump with both feet into improving their neighborhoods.
