Decemeber 4, 2025: Community Pulse Check Week
Decemeber 4, 2025: Community Pulse Check Week
Saint Luke’s Foundation has begun the journey of designing a new headquarters that is welcoming, accessible, and deeply rooted in the community it serves in August 2025. As a fourth step, we will host a Community Feedback week during December 1st-8th, 2025.
Engagement 4: Community Pulse Check Week
From December 1st to 8th, 2025, Saint Luke’s Foundation hosted a Community Feedback Week to give residents more opportunities to review design concepts and share input, especially for those who couldn’t attend the Design Competition. Residents were invited to stop by any of the following locations to review the architecture firms’ visions for the new Saint Luke’s headquarters.
Cafe Indigo
East End Neighborhood House
Murtis Taylor
Community Pulse Checks Overview: What We Heard
Saint Luke’s Foundation invited community members to review proposed architectural concepts and share feedback as part of the process to select an architecture team for its new headquarters. Through in-person pulse checks at neighborhood locations and virtual engagement via Lift Every Voice 216 (LEV216), 112 community members participated by reviewing designs, casting votes, and offering written feedback.
Feedback Summary
Designs that felt connected to the community resonated most. Participants responded positively to concepts they felt reflected neighborhood context, community needs, and everyday use.
Visual appeal mattered, but functionality was equally important. While many comments highlighted strong aesthetics, participants also raised questions about how spaces would function in practice.
A welcoming presence was a key expectation. Some feedback expressed concern when designs felt institutional or uninviting, underscoring the importance of approachability and openness.
Community gathering space was valued. Participants consistently responded well to designs that emphasized gathering, connection, and shared use.
Reputation and familiarity influenced feedback in virtual engagement. Online comments often reflected prior knowledge of firms and confidence in their work, particularly when participants were already familiar with an organization.
Together, this feedback reflects community priorities around connection, functionality, and welcome, and will support a confident, community-centered decision on the architecture team selected to lead the design and building of Saint Luke’s Foundation’s new home.