Common Ground’s unique place — 20 acres of city park land, on the edge of a forested state park, within the City of New Haven — is at the root of everything we do. Our work starts here are ripples outward.
Watch 7 short student-produced videos, sharing sustainable design principles at work in Common Ground’s new Springside Center, and learn about other ways that Common Ground is trying to live out our commitment to sustainable change.
Learn More & Visit
- See a calendar of events
- Explore our urban farm
- Get directions & schedule a visit
- Hike the Old Oak Nature Trail: Map, Informational Guide
Recent Blog Posts about Our Place
This is Shakespeare……CG Style!
By Halima Flynn, Development Associate This past semester, as we reported in a previous blog post, Common Ground students took a college level Shakespeare course. They studied Julius Caesar, and in true thespian fashion, took
CG Students are Mixing it Up!
By Halima Flynn, Development Associate for Special Events and Communications Once a semester, CG mixes it up and students get to design their day with the help of facilitators like Z Bell and Disha
Common Ground students create Ethnic Studies curriculum
Common Ground students are working to create Ethnic Studies curriculum! Check out the video to see what they're doing and how they're doing it!