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The Rio Grande City Parks Department partnered with the local ISD and Veterans Middle School to propose changes to improve walking conditions to the school. They completed a pop up demonstration to test their proposed changes.

Youth in Zapata County did a site inventory, a site analysis, and community engagement to improve connectivity to their local park. These activities led them to do a temporary pop up demonstration to test their proposed changes.

StoryWalk is a program that gets kids walking and reading. The Rio Grande City Library started their first StoryWalk in November 2021 at Miriam Vale Park.

In March 2020, the Starr County Coalition hosted a design charrette for the Rio Grande City downtown area. Their aim was to connect everyday destination downtown and make the area more walkable. These temporary changes led to a Downtown Walkability plan and a Comprehensive Plan for the City.

WOW-E hosted a Youth Summit in McAllen, Texas in July 2022. The Youth Summit is an interactive and engaging opportunity for youth ages 13-17 to learn how to apply PSE work, assess their communities, propose change through appropriate leadership channels, and design a local project to kick start PSE work focusing on connecting everyday places or improving access to healthy foods within their communities.

WOW-E hosted a Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) and Maintenance Action Institute in August 2022. CPTED is a multidisciplinary approach to create spaces that aim to prevent crime, invite positive use, and make users feel safer. Through the CPTED Action Institute, attendees learned how to use CPTED to design, maintain, and program local parks and open spaces.

In December 2022, the City of Roma pilot tested a bike lane on Athens Street to make it safer for residents to bike to everyday destinations along the route. The City of Roma’s Planning Department, Public Works Department, Police Department, Fire & EMS, Mayor, and local residents worked together to make this project possible.

The City of Eagle Pass worked with WOW-E to conduct a pop up demonstration around their local high school to make it safer for pedestrians to walk and bike. The demonstration took place in December 2022. The demonstration would not have been possible without local partners or students from Eagle Pass High School and Eagle Pass Junior High.

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