Shared Space Planning
Partners brings significant and diverse experiences of space-matching to congregations interested in developing or enhancing space-sharing strategies. Partners offers customized recommendations and guidance on wide range of topics such as:
- Identification of underutilized spaces that are best suited to space-sharing relationships, and effectively repurposing and readying spaces for rental.
- Pursuit of space-sharing partnerships and rental arrangements that fit well with the congregation’s mission and identity.
- Guidance regarding marketing and messaging, including hands-on help with getting the word out to local community groups, small businesses, and potential one-time renters that the congregation has space available.
Because of Partners’ strong relationship with the faith community and our expertise in community development and the arts, Partners has extensive experience and connections to networks of arts groups and social service organizations interested in sharing space. In facilitating shared-space agreements, our services include:
- Identification of potential tenants
- Guidance on best practices for sharing space (including policy language)
- Communications with the surrounding community
- Lease development and negotiation
Adaptive Reuse
Partners understands how to make the most out of inactive religious properties, with extensive experience in developing and leading charrettes and seminars on how to redevelop such spaces. In situations of adaptive re-use, our services include:
- Design charrette development and management: a kick-starter initiative that brings together community leaders, residents, and architects to think creatively about the site through the lens of civic engagement
- Community and civic engagement
- Funding plan development
