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EASTLAKE-GARFIELD COMMUNITIES INVITED TO ‘REINVENT PHX’ DESIGN WORKSHOPS

The city’s Planning & Development Department will host workshops in the Eastlake-Garfield community in downtown Phoenix as part of the Reinvent PHX project.  The transit-oriented development design workshops will be held at the Phoenix Convention Center, 100 N. Third St., rooms 131 A and B:

•  Design Workshop Team Available, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 13 – 16

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•  Community Design Workshop, 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16

•  Workshop Results, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20

Design workshops are an intensive collaborative process where the community works with a design team, city staff and others to develop a collective vision for the future of transit-oriented development and produces a plan for the revitalization of the Eastlake-Garfield District.

Reinvent PHX is a community-based planning effort to guide transit-oriented development in five districts along the light rail corridor.  This planning effort will serve as a model for other transit-oriented places along future light rail corridors throughout the city and region.

Reinvent PHX is a collaborative partnership between the city of Phoenix, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Arizona State University, St. Luke’s Health Initiatives and several other local, community-based organizations committed to improving the quality of life in Phoenix.

For more information on Reinvent PHX, call 602-534-5829 or visit phoenix.gov/pdd/reinventphx.html.