From July through November of 2025 we led participants from METRO member institutions on a 15-stop, 2-hour hike at the Library Field as part of our ongoing participatory design process. This report is a review of the input we received, and it offers some insight into what our next steps will be based on that feedback.
The report walks readers through a narrative describing the different stops and conversation prompts on our hike. You can learn more about the ideas that participants wanted to discuss along the way, and then hear about the 8 conclusion areas we arrived at:
- “We’re Already Doing the Work”
- Access
- Digital Technology
- Planetary Design
- Interconnectedness
- Scaling
- Reflections, Families, Reframing
- Active Participation
