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Sisters 2040Civic Design Project

Participate

This town gets designed by the people who show up

Every proposal on this site is unfinished on purpose. Local knowledge, working hands, and honest disagreement are what turn a vision into a town. Here are the doors in.

Share an idea

Know something we don't?

A dangerous crossing, a room that could be a winter gathering spot, a fix nobody has thought of. Residents' ideas set the Lab's agenda, and every submission gets read by a person.

Big or small. A fix for one corner, or an idea for the whole town.

Join the project

Lend your hands

Field-mapping days, listening sessions, research help, design, organizing. A few hours when you have them. No meetings about meetings, ever.

Field mapping, listening sessions, research, design, organizing, or something we haven't thought of yet.

Become a fellow

Take a seat in a studio

Fellows commit a few hours a month to one of six studios: community design, wildfire, education, economy, mobility, or data. Real work, real credit. There are youth, senior, business, and artist fellowships too.

Fellows commit a few hours a month to one studio: community, wildfire, education, economy, mobility, or data.

Partner with the Lab

Organizations make it real

The Lab doesn't implement anything alone. It works through nonprofits, agencies, schools, businesses, and civic groups. If our work overlaps yours, let's compare notes.

Nonprofits, agencies, businesses, schools, and civic groups. The Lab does its work through partners.

Workshops & sessions

Upcoming community events

Nothing on the calendar yet, on purpose

We only list sessions that are real and confirmed. The first listening sessions are being planned now. Subscribe below and you’ll hear when dates land.

The newsletter

Hear when it matters

New research, project milestones, and session dates. It’s occasional, it’s substantive, and your email never gets sold to anyone.