Brightening Brightmoor

Abstract

The general project is a comprehensive study of the human, organizational, physical and economic conditions of the Brightmoor neighborhood in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The scope of this project is to identify issues and assets of the neighborhood and to develop a proposal for the community, focusing on youth involvement and community efforts as one of the priorities. The idea behind this capston e project is to empower youth from the schools, non- profits and grassroots organization active in the area involving them in the identification a nd enactment of an urban-streetscape intervention strategy capable of embodying community expectations in terms of future urban scenarios and making the neighborhood environment safer and more attractive. This project is designed to help implement an already existing proposed solution for the area and to restore the youth population the role as active participants as they envision change in their own neighborhood, and as they enact the ir ideas