Opticos donates CNU Charter Award money to Cincinnati nonprofit

Earlier this year, Opticos Design was awarded the CNU’s Charter Award Grand Prize for Best Planning Tool for the Cincinnati Form-Based Code. "As we discussed what to do with the prize money, we decided the best thing to do would be to give the money back to an organization making a difference in the City of Cincinnati," the firm explained on its blog. "We chose ArtWorks, a nonprofit group employing local youth to transform their community through public art projects."

Opticos principal Dan Parolek explains: “One of the first things that jumped out at me when I was first getting to know Cincinnati’s urban neighborhoods was the amazing collection of urban art, and in particular the murals. They clearly have played a role in defining the unique, creative character of Cincinnati’s urban neighborhoods, and ArtWorks has and will continue to play an important role in ensuring that this creative culture continues.”

Photo courtesy of ArtWorks.

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