Image Source: Steve Rogers Photography (1-8), PARD (9)

Project Overview

As a part of the Trail Foundation’s redevelopment of the Drake Bridge Commons at Butler Trail, Civic Arts was brought on to help engage Austin’s diverse communities in different processes of envisioning the future of the space. Public engagement for Drake Bridge Commons was developed into a three-part strategy that included a one-day, onsite event, a two-week online survey, and five micro-engagements with improv actors at various locations along the Trail. 

These engagements gave the public opportunities provide input on conceptual sketches of the site with standard survey practices, but also created imaginative spaces with artists to explore the identity of the space, its importance and meaning to the community, and explore possibilities for its future. 

About the Team

The Trail Foundation →

Rios Clementi Hale Studios →

Project Location

Services Provided

Community Engagement • Survey Design and Analysis • Engagement Event Planning • Arts-Based Micro-Engagements

Project Links

Drake Bridge Engagement Report →

Here’s a Closer Look at Downtown’s Drake Bridge Commons Project. Towers, April 30, 2019.

Making Drake. Austin Monitor, April 16, 2019.