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Narrator >> July 6th Austin, Texas.
Another day of unforgiving Texas heat,
but for a group of UT students,
a welcome opportunity to help rebuild the neighborhood.
They are part of a program called Public Interest Design,
which is comprised of students from a variety of backgrounds,
all with a common goal,
create diverse landscapes, both practical and sustainable.
Today their mission is to beautify a forgotten piece of East Austin.
Barbara Brown Wilson >> We're working with neighborhood leaders
and civic leaders right now to kind of reimagine the
alley ways in East Austin to see how they can become safer,
greener and also just become places for art and
places for community pride.
Stephen Klimik >> I think the alley ways are a great example
of spaces in the city that no one really thinks about.
They are the forgotten spaces.
It's a perfect opportunity to turn something that maybe is negative,
or is often not thought about, into a really positive asset.
Sara Krause >> One of the things the Public Interest Design
group has done is gotten the community
to come together with a common interest
and that common interest in this case is working in an alley way.
This is a project and this a concept that has been
worked on in other areas of the country, but not here in Austin.
So it's really interesting to the city that we now have a group of
people that have seen what the possibilities are and
we look forward to hearing from them in the future on those possibilities.
Ultimately, that is a very good thing for our city,
to have new and innovative solutions.
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Narrator >> And now, after five weeks of labor and planning
a celebration for a new look neighborhood
and the 29 students who gave their time
and creative energy to benefit this East Austin community.
Barbara Brown Wilson >> There are some really innovative people
pushing Austin all the time.
It's really exciting that that's happening
and that's something we're a part of.