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Community

Datum is engaged in the communities we serve. Each office across the country participates in local volunteer opportunities and supports various nonprofit organizations.

UTSA Design Build

Each year, a few undergraduate architecture students at the University of Texas at San Antonio opt for a design/build studio, which traditionally partners with Green Spaces, designing and then constructing a storage and shade structure for local community gardens.  Datum's staff attends the project's review and attends during class review time to help guide the students with the structural advice.  This is a true joy and helps both the UTSA students and our staff.  It helps the students to understand the benefits or consequences of their structural decisions, and provides a model for their future expectations of a cooperative structural consultant.  For Datum's staff, it helps build potential long-term relationships, and helps us practice our coaching methods.

Austin Sunshine Camp

Datum supports the Austin Sunshine Camp which was organized by Austin’s Young Men’s Business League (YMBL).   YMBL Austin recognized the serious community threat of youth tuberculosis and established the Austin YMBL Summer Sunshine Camps in Zilker Park, as it was said that exposure to sunshine could promote healing from the disease. The park provided a space in which local economically disadvantaged children could gain weight, grow strong and spend time outdoors. Today, Austin YMBL Sunshine Camps (ASC) is still serving youth living near or below the poverty line. Our programs enrich the community by encouraging and facilitating the power to succeed through education and healthy living.  Austin YMBL Sunshine Camps renders the space and comfort kids need to look beyond their current situation and dream big.

Gingertown at NorthPark

Datum participates in the annual Gingertown Dallas which is one of the largest gingerbread house events in North Texas with proceeds benefiting Children’s Craniofacial Association.  Originally founded in 2006 by David M. Schwarz Architects, it’s a unique holiday initiative which brings together local design, engineering, and construction firms for a live gingerbread building competition to help spread happiness during the holidays. The event takes place in December at NorthPark Center.