Lakeisha Byrd of Communion LLC

Q: What is your role on the Lower Hill Project?

A: Communion is working with the Lower Hill / BPG team to elevate the design capacity, specifically, with the design of the urban open space.

Q: What impact will your work have on the project?

A: The overall intent is to identify and design opportunities within the landscape and built environment that creates communal, cultural and economic value at varying scales. A significant impact will be our focus on elevating Wylie Avenue as a main street, heritage site, and (re) connection between Downtown and the Hill District.

Q: Why is this work important?

A: Value is relative. We determine what has value. Our design intent and project delivery impacts the value of the project; spatial opportunities for the end-users; connectivity to the neighborhood; how value is translated through local and cultural exchange; and how the urban open space and the Lower Hill creates on-the-ground value for our neighbors and City.