On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, a youth workshop for the Reconnecting Pasadena 710 Master Plan project was hosted in collaboration with the community based non-profit Day One. Held at the organization’s headquarters, we had the chance to meet with Day One’s youth participants to conduct a model-building activity to visualize what students would like to see at the future Stub site.

The workshop began with a short presentation to introduce the project and to give examples of the potential features that could end up in the final design of the Stub. Participants used Legos to construct their vision for an ideal space that would serve the entire Pasadena community, encompassing aspects like affordable housing, green space, water features, businesses, road features, and municipal buildings. Towards the end, youth attendees presented their ideas to the rest of the group.

As a typically underrepresented demographic, this workshop provided the opportunity to better understand what Pasadena’s younger citizens would like to see within their community.