we took some time and everyone did a gallery walk to see everyone else's answers. then, we grouped similar answers together, and then had a discussion about what had come up. everyone had a chance to talk and share their feelings, their hopes of how they could make it better, and how they specifically felt that being an artist or designer gave them a special perspective into changing the built environment. that really was the extent of the first event. on the first day we came up with 10 different concerns.
we had a follow up event a few weeks later to build on these ideas, and see what the group 