Strategy and placemaking for organizations shaping their communities.
We help nonprofits, foundations, and civic partners launch initiatives, build partnerships, nurture organizations, and launch impactful public realm projects.
Clients benefit from a rare combination of strategic insight, implementation experience, and deep civic networks—helping ideas move beyond planning into action.
Our Services
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Launch and deliver your new civic or place-based initiatives: public realm improvements, park development, management plans, activation programs, and more.
Support may include:
Early concept design
Fundraising strategy & grant writing
Partnership planning
Project management & Implementation
Longterm sustainability strategy and implementation
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Strategic support for organizations, small businesses, and coalitions to help you demonstrate, understand, and communicate your value.
Work may including:
early-stage planning
operational structuring
donor/sales/marketing pipeline
program cost & impact measurement
market assessment & partnership development
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Planning and concept development, community engagement, stakeholder cultivation, prototypes and pilot programs that advance parks, public spaces, and civic infrastructure that strengthen community identity and activate urban environments.
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Senior-level guidance for nonprofits, social enterprises, and civic organizations navigating growth, partnerships, strategy, and initiative development.
Ideas to Initiatives. Plans to Places.
Drawing on practitioner experience in nonprofit leadership, urban planning, and placemaking, Common Place Practice helps turn ambitious civic ideas into successful initiatives.
Meet the Founder
Jason Su is the Founder and Owner of Common Place Practice.
With over 15 years of experience in environmental design, nonprofit management, and equitable development, Jason has contributed to award-winning projects, recognized placemaking initiatives, and sustainable organizational growth.
