VISION STATEMENT: New shared public spaces over I-35 are inclusive and sustainable; support opportunity and equity; celebrate heritage and cultural narratives; support community health and restorative natural spaces; encourage environmental stewardship; and promote safe and comfortable access to all citizens.
Equity & Inclusivity: Engage community members who have been impacted by and excluded from past infrastructure decisions, and ensure that new amenities are dynamic, sustainable, and welcome communities of all races and identities.
Economic Affordability & Vitality: Foster design elements and activations for small and local businesses, and mitigate displacement and adverse cost of living impacts of the project on surrounding neighborhoods and communities of color.
Community & Cultural Narratives: Celebrate the historical and cultural fabric of past and present communities surrounding I-35 while recognizing the city and highway’s histories of fracture, and collect and amplify the narratives and histories of community members.
Health & Human Nature: Create spaces that enhance the quality of life and well-being of users, encourage active transportation, employ native and adapted resilient and restorative landscapes, and promote connection to nature.
Environmental Sustainability: Advance the Austin community’s commitment to environmental stewardship, recognize broader climate action imperatives, and build the capacity to successfully maintain and adapt these spaces.
Safety & Connectivity: Connect community members to jobs, services, and each other and promote safe and comfortable hubs that provide access to, from, and across I-35, and foster modes of travel that welcome and support all ages and abilities.
