Greater Princeville

Town

Nov 19

Project Summary

Princeville is a small town with a national story; it has a singular history as the oldest incorporated black town in America.

The town is poised to rebuild after Hurricane Matthew (2016), guided by a vision of a future in which Princeville’s history is visible and its streets are alive with residents and visitors. The Greater Princeville report seeks to describe—and to offer guidance on implementing—part of that vision as it has been shared with faculty and students from the NC State College of Design over 18 months of work, research, and conversation with Princeville residents, officials, and supporters. Achievable design measures are proposed for both the short- and long-term that could help share Princeville’s story with new audiences and position the town as a cultural and recreational destination. The report provides references and resources for community stakeholders, for residents seeking evidence of the work that’s been done and what may come next, and for all the people and institutions who want to help Princeville rebuild and could use concrete ideas about how to get started.

Sample Images

Project Start Year

2021

Client

Town of Princeville

Location

Princeville, NC

Awards

Merit Award: Planning & Analysis
ASLA SE Regional Conference | 2019

Funding Sources

ChangeLab Solutions (direct sponsor) + Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (prime sponsor)

North Carolina Community Foundation
(prime sponsor)

Related Projects

Homeplace: Recovery Conversation Guides (2016)

Princeville Studio (2018)

Princeville Mobile History Museum (2019)

Princeville Floodprint (2020)

Seeding Resilience (2021)

Type: Disaster RecoveryType: Flood ResilienceLocation: NC Coastal PlainType: Public LandscapesType: Rural Communities

Coastal Dynamics Design Lab

The mission of the Coastal Dynamics Design Lab (CDDL) is to organize and lead trans-disciplinary research and design teams to address critical ecological and community development challenges in vulnerable coastal regions and shoreline communities, with a concentrated focus on Eastern North Carolina and the Mid-Atlantic coastal plain.