Capital Roots Urban Grow Center

Capital Roots fights food insecurity in New York's Capital Region. Their Urban Grow Center needed to do many jobs at once: produce distribution, teaching kitchen, market, offices, and a public face that invites the whole community in.

LEAP's design organizes those functions around a simple, legible public route — you can see the Good Food Market from the sidewalk, and the building's activity becomes its own signage.

Durable, economical materials keep operating and maintenance costs low, because every dollar the building doesn't consume is a dollar that goes to the mission. This is the kind of client LEAP was founded to serve.