Leadership by Design High School Program with Boston-Thurmond United

Dates: July 20-24, 9-3pm

Boston Thurmond Residents: Select the Boston-Thurmond Resident Registration ticket type and input your code at the top of the page before checking out.

Design. Build. Lead. Make your mark on Winston-Salem.

Are you a high school student in Forsyth County who cares about creativity, community, and making a real difference?

Join us for a week-long, hands-on design experience where you’ll work alongside professional architects, engineers, artists, and community leaders to design and build a public art + garden space in Winston-Salem.

This is a chance to shape a real neighborhood space and leave something behind that matters.

What You’ll Do

• Design a welcoming outdoor park & garden space in partnership with the Boston-Thurmond neighborhood community.
• Explore urban design, architecture, and planning in Winston-Salem
• Sketch, prototype, and build at Mixxer Community Makerspace
• Collaborate with neighborhood residents and local design experts
• Earn digital badges to strengthen your resume and college applications

You’ll learn the Design Thinking process, a powerful framework used by professionals to solve real-world problems, and apply it to a project that serves the community.

By the end of the week, you’ll understand design and also see your city differently.

Program instructors: Elise Barrella, PhD, PE; Lauren Q. Frye, Architect

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Boston-Thurmond United Community Center, 2530 Pittsburg Avenue Northwest, Winston-Salem, United States

Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.

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