New York Federal Reserve – What’s Possible? Book

What’s Possible is the latest volume in the What Works series, a long-running collaboration focused on strengthening communities through practical, cross-sector solutions. Building on the series’ commitment to equitable development, this edition turns toward one of the most pressing challenges facing neighborhoods today: the intersection of community development, climate resilience, and long-term economic stability.

Created with Enterprise Community Partners, LISC, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, What’s Possible: Investing NOW for Prosperous, Sustainable Neighborhoods brings together leading practitioners to share strategies for clean energy, local resilience, and equitable investment. The essays emphasize approaches that are both innovative and implementable, offering tools that community leaders, policymakers, and practitioners can put to use immediately.

For the design, C&G Partners extended the identity of the What Works series while shaping a visual language suited to the urgency and interconnectedness of this topic. The graphic system distills complex ideas into clear, digestible themes with intertwined imagery of people, nature, and systems.

A continuous color gradient—moving across a spectrum tied to the book’s major themes—provides intuitive navigation and creates a sense of momentum across chapters. The palette, typography, and visual structure emphasize clarity and accessibility, helping readers move through multifaceted material with ease while reinforcing the publication’s central message: resilience depends on connection.

The acknowledgements note C&G Partners’ role in crafting the visual identity for this and all What Works volumes, saying “our designers, C&G Partners, have crafted the look for this volume and all the What Works books. As usual, their artistry and design evoke the themes within this volume.”