The Green River Community Flag
While a city logo provides a face for the local government and marketing campaigns work to attract outsiders, a flag gives the community itself a symbol to rally behind and …
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Housing Security and Affordability
—An essay by Epicenter Principal Jack Forinash. Jack’s boyhood home in Indian Springs, Alabama, photo from Google Streetview Housing Security and Affordability as a Critical Component of Addressing Intergenerational Poverty …
Meet Jarod Hamm
—An informal interview by Epicenter Principal Jack Forinash and incoming Citizen Designer AmeriCorps VISTA Jarod Hamm. Your browser does not support the video tag. Video: “Instead of using matboard and …
Job Opening: Epicenter Housing Specialist
We have a unique opportunity for an exceptional individual with a wide and varied skill-set: a chance to live and work in a small town in Utah. To help citizens …
Thank you, American Express!
Epicenter has just received a $45,000 grant from American Express to fully fund the design, construction, and performance monitoring for the Frontier House! At 650 SF and $36,000 (not including …
Frontier Fellowship Report: Kirsten Southwell
—A report from the field by Kirsten Southwell, Frontier Fellow. When asked, “So what are you going to do in Utah?,” my response was, “Something about rocks.” The vagueness was …
Farewell Armando!
Today, we bid farewell to a great collaborator and friend. Armando Rios, who first joined Epicenter as an AmeriCorps VISTA in 2012, will be leaving us for new opportunities in …
Epicenter is a finalist for ArtPlace America’s 2016 National Creative Placemaking Fund
(June 7, 2016) Today, ArtPlace America announced that Epicenter’s Riverside Common is one of 80 projects that it will consider for its 2016 National Creative Placemaking Fund. These 80 projects …
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Call for Proposals: Teaching Artist
Epicenter and Pyramid Youth Programs are partnering again this summer to bring a creative summer day camp to Green River. Pyramid has some excellent summer programming (like river running!) and …
Epicenter Citizen Designer AmeriCorps VISTA
Photo of Epicenter’s Summer Summit 2013 attendees by Nick Zdon (Epicenter former Frontier Fellow and current Board Member) We have a unique opportunity for an exceptional designer with a wide …