TOM DARDEN delivers positive change for communities and the environment. He is the CEO of Cherokee, an investment company that acquires, remediates and develops urban infill sites—including brownfields and transit-oriented developments—to protect human health and the environment and revitalize land for productive, sustainable reuse. Practicing “regenerative development,” Cherokee transforms polluted sites into sustainable developments that benefit people, the economy and the environment.
In Charleston, Cherokee has partnered with the city and Magnolia Development, a local development team, to convert a 200-acre industrial site into a vibrant new community. Cherokee’s investments in transit-oriented development projects, such as the property it owns along Charlotte’s new light-rail line can reduce sprawl and carbon emissions and revitalize blighted areas. Since 1984, Tom Darden has led Cherokee to invest in more than 525 properties such as these worldwide.
Cherokee practices its values. The company’s headquarters in an historic building in downtown Raleigh, NC and its Mainstream GreenHome, are living examples of high performance design and construction practices. Each project has earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Platinum designation. The Cherokee Gives Back philanthropic program extends company philosophy. Through Gives Back, Cherokee is helping to direct Brad Pitt’s Make It Right project in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward and other community-building projects around the world.
Tom Darden is leading the way, achieving environmental progress hand in hand with economic success. For his passionate commitment to developing sustainable communities, the Design Guild is proud to name Tom Darden the 2009 Design Guild Award recipient.
Please join the Design Guild in honoring Tom Darden at the 12th annual Design Guild Award Dinner on Saturday, April 4, 2009, at the Raleigh Convention Center.
The 12th annual Design Guild Award Dinner is the culminating event of the College of Design’s 60th anniversary.
Please join us for the 2009 Design Guild Award Dinner honoring recipient Tom Darden. William A. McDonough, FAIA, will offer a tribute to Tom Darden
Sponsored by the NC State Foundation, the 12th annual Design Guild Award Dinner will be held on held on Saturday, April 4, at the Raleigh Convention Center.
To receive a mailed invitation, please request by e-mail at design@ncsu.edu, or call 919.515.8320.
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2009 Design Guild Award Dinner honoring Tom Darden (invitation PDF)
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