Black Art and Reflection
Forterra’s Director of Community Development, Jeff Dade, reflects on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Urban
Sustainable cities are great places to live, with space for all of us. Forterra secures land in our cities for social good—parks, green space, affordable housing, access to transit, the arts, and other essentials for equity and livability.
Local Artists Signal Changes Ahead in Hilltop, Tacoma
The site of a former Rite Aid will be transformed into affordable homes and business space. But before the demolition crew arrives, those brick walls will be a canvas for artists and a celebration of Hilltop history and culture.
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Learning As We Go, Forterra Finds Trust and Transparency Are Paramount in Community Development
Residents of Hilltop, Tacoma, know what they want—attainable homes, space for Black-owned businesses, and a voice in the future of their neighborhood. Forterra is listening.
Kent Community Garden Opens!
Thirty-five family gardening plots and an apple, pear and cherry orchard benefit recent immigrants from Congo, Sudan and Bhutan.
Breakthrough at 23rd and Union will help sustain the historic Central District
Innovative land deal for “most controversial block in Seattle” makes a mark for inclusion and affordability in Seattle’s rapidly-changing Central District. Forterra teams with Africatown, Lake Union Partners, and Yesler Community Collaborative to make it possible. A Historic Neighborhood Forterra secures places
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Cultivating crops, cultivating community in Tukwila
Community members pitched in last weekend to make a great project even better. Namaste Garden in Tukwila is doubling in size just in time for its sixth growing season. Forterra has been a part of this project since its inception
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Getting ready to grow at Namaste Garden
Forterra staff, garden leader Dal Diyali, and IRC volunteers prepare the path with donated burlap bags.
Making it easier to urban farm in Federal Way
In the summer of 2012, Forterra began a project to improve access to healthy food in Federal Way. On December 3rd, 2013, the Federal Way City Council adopted the new Urban Agriculture Codes.
