We are a group of high school summer interns from West Dallas. Our summer project has been working with the community and with professional developers, architects, and urban planning graduate students from the University of Texas at Arlington to create a new development design for the Lakewest Shopping Center in our neighborhood. We’ve spent time finding stengths in our community and learning about its history and context so that we could create the most culturally relevant and adaptable plan. We want West Dallas and the rest of the city to see the amazing things coming right out of our neighborhood; that Pinkston High School students are doing something off the chain to make our neighborhood better!
The Young Developers Project was created by Dallas Faith Communities Coalition. Our partners were the Dallas Housing Authority, Mercy Street, and Serve West Dallas throughout the summer.
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