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First Church Peace Garden Year Started:2015 Status:Opened in 2022 Location:John Eliot Square, RoxburyAbout this Project:The Peace Garden at the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry (UUUM) opened in 2022 at the historic Meeting House at John Eliot Square in Roxbury. Originally founded as a Puritan church in 1632, the site...

Woodcliff Street campus Year Started:2024 Status:Initial concept complete Location:RoxburyAbout this Project:The Woodcliff Street Campus is a master plan designed for a future nature-based preschool. With a practice that centers outdoor play and learning, Lu-la Studio engaged stakeholders during community meetings to understand constraints and opportunities that will draw...

King Street Park Year Started:2024 Status:Initial concept complete Location:RoxburyAbout this Project:King Street Park (imagined to renamed Denita Morris Hope Park) is a transformation of an existing park site into a place of healing and hope that is both community-embedded and a destination for all those affected by suicide...

MOZART PARK Year Started:2024 Status:Initial concept complete Location:Jamaica PlainAbout this Project:Mozart Park Redesign is a youth-led advocacy effort to re-imagine and co-design the park to be reflective of the neighborhood's designation as Boston's Latin Quarter. A series of design sessions were held during the 2024 Hyde Square Task...

PAIGE ACADEMY Year Started:2018 Status:Ongoing; staircase installed in 2020 Location:RoxburyAbout this Project:Paige Academy, a nonprofit K-8 African American-owned school in Roxbury, was designed by a team of Northeastern University students led by Heather Heimarck. The project involved a collaborative redesign of a community path through the school’s campus,...