Alumni Profile
Ariana Cipriani (MUP ’21) is an urban planner and community development professional passionate about fostering more equitable and inclusive neighborhoods through community planning and neighborhood economic development. She is interested in placemaking, local economic development initiatives, and stakeholder engagement.
While at Hunter, Ariana concentrated in Community Planning and Economic Development. Her studio course in Spring 2020 focused on exploring community land trust opportunities in the Northwest Bronx. Working with the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative, the studio team conducted stakeholder outreach and research, real estate analysis, and policy analysis to better understand how a mixed-used CLT model could be developed in the Bronx. This experience working with a team to find a creative solution for a client is what sparked her interest in urban planning and economic development consulting.
Her experience at Hunter provided in depth knowledge of planning policy and history, research and analysis skills, and helped to instill inclusivity and equity as guiding principles in her work as a planner.
Ariana is currently the Director of Programming and Marketing at the Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance, a business improvement district. She manages over 200 free public programs in Bella Abzug Park each year and oversees placemaking initiatives, public art installations, and local economic development initiatives throughout the district.
Alumni Profile
Ariana Cipriani (MUP ’21) is an urban planner and community development professional passionate about fostering more equitable and inclusive neighborhoods through community planning and neighborhood economic development. She is interested in placemaking, local economic development initiatives, and stakeholder engagement.
While at Hunter, Ariana concentrated in Community Planning and Economic Development. Her studio course in Spring 2020 focused on exploring community land trust opportunities in the Northwest Bronx. Working with the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative, the studio team conducted stakeholder outreach and research, real estate analysis, and policy analysis to better understand how a mixed-used CLT model could be developed in the Bronx. This experience working with a team to find a creative solution for a client is what sparked her interest in urban planning and economic development consulting.
Her experience at Hunter provided in depth knowledge of planning policy and history, research and analysis skills, and helped to instill inclusivity and equity as guiding principles in her work as a planner.
Ariana is currently the Director of Programming and Marketing at the Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance, a business improvement district. She manages over 200 free public programs in Bella Abzug Park each year and oversees placemaking initiatives, public art installations, and local economic development initiatives throughout the district.