The Design Trust is committed to improving the design, utility and understanding of New York City's parks, plazas, streets and public buildings. Bringing together neighborhoods, public agencies and design professionals to find innovative opportunities for change, the Design Trust is the only public space organization that gives city agencies and community groups the means to work collaboratively with private sector design and other professionals. Projects are selected from across the five boroughs and are assembled as top-notch cross-disciplinary teams to bring innovation to urban space challenges. These public/private partnerships generate powerful and unexpected working relationships, creating remarkable solutions to complicated public space issues.