Community Action

Beyond good design.
Design for good.

We are a design firm made up of individuals. Specifically, over 1,000 passionate, creative, generous people who want to make our world a better place. That’s a lot of potential to create impact in our local communities. Inspired by our founders’ early work in education and the arts, and propelled by current employees’ commitment to civic engagement, HGA invests time, resources, and expertise to create positive local impact. We believe it’s not just corporate responsibility: it’s human responsibility.

Begun in 2015, this grassroots, employee-initiated effort to enhance the social impact of our work has led to close collaboration with local organizations. HGA’s Community Action Program consists of four primary programs:

Days of Service       |       Pro Bono Design Services       |       Design Workshops       |       Outreach

Days of Service

Hands-on, face-to-face volunteer days benefit local non-profits and community groups. By engaging in service work, we learn about and explore the social impact of physical environment while having fun as a team

Pro Bono Design Services

Throughout the year, HGA employees donate their time to local community organizations, helping at all phases of the design process. Non-profits benefit from our expertise, while professionals at HGA gain valuable experience in various project roles.

Design Workshops

It’s amazing what can be accomplished in a day. Intense design charrettes unite local groups in need of architecture, engineering, design, or marketing services with teams of HGA professionals for problem solving, brainstorming, and design. For more information on the next design workshop, hosted in Minneapolis, click here.

Outreach

Outreach creates connections across the community and generations, working with local schools and youth programs to encourage interest in the design of tomorrow's buildings and cities. Working with the architects, engineers and citizens of tomorrow, these formal and informal relationships are a chance for everyone involved to grow and learn from each other.

HGA Minneapolis Community Design Workshop