In Tactical Urbanism, short-term projects make long-term gains

On Halloween night, two University of Oregon students went door-to-door in the Friendly Neighborhood to engage neighbors and gather design ideas for a class initiative that would renovate a nearby intersection.

Neighbors who answered their doors didn’t find trick-or-treaters, but rather undergraduate students Jackie Stinson and Dianna Montzka, who shared their project on repairing and painting the 26th Avenue and Olive Street intersection.

“We wanted to take advantage of Halloween because we knew that’s the best chance we had for people to open their doors and welcome strangers,” says Montzka, an undergraduate architecture major. “Each house was overwhelmingly positive.”

Continue reading the story at "City, students partner on Eugene issues" on the School of Architecture and Allied Arts webpage.