Virginia Commonwealth University VCU Scholars Compass Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 2018 Learning Together in Highland Park to Build Civic Capacity Grace Leonard Virginia Commonwealth University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd Part of the Urban Studies and Planning Commons © The Author Downloaded from https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5371 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at VCU Scholars Compass. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of VCU Scholars Compass. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Learning Together in Highland Park to Build Civic Capacity A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Urban and Regional Planning at Virginia Commonwealth University by Grace Leonard, Master of Urban and Regional Planning Director: Dr. Meghan Gough, Associate Professor & Program Chair L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia May 2018 Acknowledgements As I finish this paper I am months away from the ten-year anniversary of my move to Richmond, and this work builds on a decade of learning in, and engaging with, a place. Richmond is the city that I will forever see as the community where I found my own footing. As I learned to find language for the city’s assets, and needs, I began to find language for my assets and needs. Thanks to the VCU Master of Urban and Regional Planning program for providing a curriculum that gives attention to both the processes and outcomes my project describes.