Erika Chmielewski
Urban Design
GSBS Architects
Session(s):
Ground-up Community Led Placemaking »
2025 APA UT Fall Conference, October 9, 2025 1:45 pmJoin us for an open conversation about community-led placemaking in the Central Ninth neighborhood, where residents, creatives, and local advocates are shaping public space from the ground up. This mobile tour will share stories from recent grassroots efforts—including the revitalization of 900 South and the Central Ninth Underpass Project—to explore how collective imagination and hyper-local energy are transforming overlooked spaces into places of connection and identity. Whether you're a neighborhood regular or new to Central Ninth, come hear how placemaking here isn't imposed—it's grown organically, by and for the people who live it.
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